Defend the integrity of Marriage, it’s under attack in Maryland
House Bill 438, the “Civil Marriage Protection Act” to redefine marriage in Maryland, is being debated by delegates this week.
HB438 will strike from the existing marriage law the words “a man and a woman,” and replace them with the words “two individuals who are not otherwise prohibited from marrying.”
Homosexual activists are now beating on the door of your elected Maryland delegate.
The bill purports to protect “religious freedom” by allowing members of religious bodies to refuse to perform same-sex marriages – but only if and to the extent that such members already enjoy that right under the U.S. or Maryland Constitutions.
The bill would thus allow Maryland human rights agencies and judges to require a priest or pastor to perform such marriages, or to punish the refusal to do so, unless (s)he could establish an existing constitutional right to be free from that requirement – a showing that would likely require protracted, expensive litigation.
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