Donald and Evelyn Knapp, both ordained ministers, have refused to marry a same sex couple in their chapel, The Hitching Post.
Now they face a $1000 fine for each day they decline hold the wedding and up to 180 days in jail.
City officials from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, states that the city has a non-discrimination statute that includes sexual orientation and gender identity, and because same-sex marriage became legal in Idaho on Oct. 15, 2014, the couple would have to conduct these weddings in their chapel.
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So if they would cheat at an election, what else would they cheat on?
I’m all for gay marriage but the minister has the right to refuse.
When the government is powerful enough to force you to purchase individual health insurance and force those that have money to purchase it for those that don’t, they pretty much do whatever they want too. Until the people finally stand up and say enough is enough and use force if necessary to back it up.
This is stupid. If that’s what they believe, that’s what they believe
I’d say that is a prime example of Church vs. State! Now is a very good time for the ACLU to step in, as much as I dislike them, this could be a precedence case!
They have the right to refuse because of their religion! They need to get an attorney to uphold their constitutional rights!
that a lode of bs
NO Cleric should be forced to violate their religeous principles!
and you know there are NO OTHER places in Coeur d’Alene to get married either, right?
Freedom of rreligon. He has the right to mary whom ever he wants to. I stand by the minister.