Same-Sex Weddings

"Mohler responded by noting that the 'whole context of the wedding as a public event is the public exchange of vows and the public declaration of the rightness of this relationship.'" - C.Post

"The state of North Carolina currently prohibits businesses from discriminating based on qualities that include race, sex, and religious belief, but does not specify protection from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity." - C.Leaders

"The decree comes in a two-page explanation from the Vatican’s orthodoxy office in response to a question over whether Catholic clergy can bless gay unions." - N.Review

"PRRI finds most demographics have shifted in favor of religious freedom for small wedding business owners like Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Jack Phillips." - CToday

... from the standpoint of individual liberty, a mammoth corporation, such as Woolworth’s, is different from a mom-and-pop business. The regulatory machinery has been hesitant to tell individuals how to behave on their own premises, no matter how repugnant their behavior may seem.

The Washington Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke the state's antidiscrimination law, even though she claimed doing so would violate her religious beliefs. Stutzman's lawyers immediately said they would ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the decision.