In response to a federal judge’s ruling that forces the state of Florida to accept “same-sex marriages,” at least five counties have decided to stop conducting courthouse weddings. This way, the county clerks will not be forced to perform “same sex marriages” contrary to their religious convictions. The counties are Duval, Santa Rosa, Oklaloosa, Baker, and Clay. In Duval county, none of the three clerks “felt comfortable doing gay weddings, so they decided to end the practice all together” (“Duval, Clay, Baker counties to end courthouse weddings,” The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, Dec. 31, 2014). (Friday Church News Notes, January 9, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, [email protected], 866-295-4143) Comments are closed.
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