Unfortunately, there is a small % of the pro-gay marriage contingent that is hell bent on getting gay marriage legalized based on one thing only: Their excessive hatred of religion, mostly the concept of Jesus and religious beliefs that say homosexual acts are a sin. These people will absolutely demand a religious institution perform a marriage of a same sex couple. The ultimate goal is to codify sexual preference into part of the various civil rights acts, making sexual preference equal to that of race, religion, etc.. Homosexual militants have already used state and local laws and ordinances protecting sexual preference against private businesses. I guess the question is, does a church have the right to block access to black, Asian, Hispanic, or males or females? If so, then I don't think it will be an issue. However, if a Catholic church, or Pentecostal church were told they can't block black people from becoming members, then churches will be forced to perform any and all marriage ceremonies.
My personal opinions are that government rights and benefits should apply to all, however I find it very hypocritical that some pro-gay marriage supporters end up turning into anti-personal liberty types as soon as one brings up the concept of plural marriage. You know, gay folks claim they are being discriminated against because they can't get married. If a gay couple walked into a courthouse for a marriage license, they would just be turned way. However, if a married woman walked into a county courthouse and signed another marriage license with another man, she would be guilty of a felony and imprisoned:
IC 35-46-1-2 Bigamy
Sec. 2. (a) A person who, being married and knowing that his spouse is alive, marries again commits bigamy, a Class D felony.
Even if the courthouse clerk knew the woman was already married to another man and denied the application, the woman could still be charged and imprisoned:
IC 35-41-5-1 Attempt
Sec. 1. (a) A person attempts to commit a crime when, acting with the culpability required for commission of the crime, he engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step toward commission of the crime. An attempt to commit a crime is a felony or misdemeanor of the same class as the crime attempted. However, an attempt to commit murder is a Class A felony.
If you ask me, Mormons and Muslims who wish to engage in multiple spouse marriage are just as discriminated against as a same sex couple who can't marry.
C'mon Ryan, it's not based on anti-religion. Amazingly enough I know some who are quite religious while wanting to marry same sex partners. I do believe that churches should not be forced to perform ANY ceremonies. There are lots of non-religious ways to get married. Bigamy is a BS law. It is based only on religious objections.