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Syracuse judge refuses to perform marriage for same-sex couple: ‘It was real weird’
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I didn't realize that was New York law.
I guess I disagree with it and suggest it's a bad law.
She could choose not to perform any weddings I guess.
Your disagreement is noted.
The rest of us think that judges should not be able to say no to a law just because they're bigots.
And I have to wonder if you would be saying the same thing if the judge refused to marry an interracial heterosexual couple.
Thank you for registering my complaint.
I don't think a judge should be able to say no to a law for any reason.
And I would absolutely say the same. Even for a hetrosexual homoracial couple. (Is homoracial a word?) I'd say the same if the judge didn't like that the couple wore sneakers into the court. It doesn't matter the reason. Nobody should be required to create any kind of art, they disagree with.
Which is why the Judge should stop performing weddings at all. That may be her only legal option.
Jesus Christ, performing a legal ceremony isn't "art", it's the legal duty of the public servants that swore to do the job. It sounds to me like you're saying that public servants should be allowed to refuse to perform a courthouse marriage ceremony if they disagree with interracial marriages. If that is indeed what you are saying, then you are endorsing racial discrimination against citizens by the government. I can only assume you are of a demographic that would be unlikely to be discriminated against since you seem to be blasé about discrimination against others.
Tl;Dr: first you outed yourself as a homophobe, and now a racist too.
Performing a ceremony is absolutely a creative work. One that shouldn't be required for a state to accept a marriage to begin with. But that's a separate issue.
If my friends thought I was a racist homophobe I doubt they would've had me officiate their wedding. That would've been weird.