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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Mon Dec 8, 2014, 09:41 PM Dec 2014

Should Clergy Be Involved With Civil Marriage? 1 In 3 Americans Say No: Survey [View all]

Interfaith post

Religion News Service By Cathy Lynn Grossman

(RNS) Should clergy divorce themselves from civil marriage?

Such a church-state split — already endorsed by some Catholic and evangelical leaders — is showing surprising popularity in two new surveys released Tuesday (Dec. 2) by LifeWay Research.

In a survey of 2,000 American adults, the Nashville-based Christian research company found:
* Nearly six in 10 Americans (59 percent) say marriage should not be “defined and regulated by the state.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/07/clergy-civil-marriage_n_6257774.html?utm_hp_ref=religion

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Should Clergy Be Involved With Civil Marriage? 1 In 3 Americans Say No: Survey [View all] hrmjustin Dec 2014 OP

I think so. Cleita Dec 2014 #1

Essentially, that's the way they do it in France Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2014 #3

Since they're separate things. I say no. rug Dec 2014 #2