North Carolina clergy members challenge same-sex marriage ban
[JURIST] The United Church of Christ (UCC) [church website] on Monday
filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; materials] challenging North
Carolina's same-sex marriage ban on the grounds that it restricts
freedom of religion. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for
the Western District of North Carolina on behalf of UCC reverends and
same-sex couples. The UCC believes that North Carolina marriage laws
"limit ministers' choices, violate the principle of 'free exercise of
religion' upon which the church is...
[more].
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