hematite153
<font color=blue>DVC-Trivia Contest, Apr-2006: Hon
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I think people get this sort of thing confused:
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/sask_same_sex_marriage
They hear he declined because of faith, and don't read the part of him being a civil servant appointed by the government. Of course someone appointed by the government would have to be non-discriminatory. Its not as though he would be losing part of his income by giving up his license a marriage commissioner in Saskatchewan can only charge $50 + 39 cents per km of travel.
Yeah. If he wants to decline because of faith then he should get a marriage license that is attached to his faith. If he wants to perform religious marriages, then, he can become a minister, be ordained by the Baptist church and then apply for a marriage license as a Baptist Minister. The province would then have no problem with him declining because of his religious beliefs.
However, if he wants to have a license for civil marriages, then, he has already decided that religion doesn't belong in the equation and cannot randomly decide to put it back in.
