In regards to the news that New York state will continue to recognize same-sex marriages that were performed in other states, Focus on the Family's Bruce Hausknecht has a few thoughts. Unfortunately, "YAY! Fairness prevails! Mazel tov, gays!" is not the theme of his reaction:
“Inexplicably, the high court is letting stand a ruling that says that New York essentially has no public policy regarding same-sex 'marriages' performed elsewhere,” he said. “It's ridiculous legal reasoning to insist that a state could recognize a type of ‘marriage’ from outside that it will not permit within the state. Yet that's ...
Last August, we briefly told you about Rev. Jane Adams Spahr, an out lesbian, being rebuked by the United States Presbyterian Church for presiding over same-sex unions. Well we're happy to announced that yesterday, a church court decided that Spahr didn't actually violate church policy because same-sex marriages aren't a recognized concept within the church.
So wait, why are we saying that we're happy if the church, which doesn't specifically prohibit same-sex unions, used our relationship non-recognition as a basis for reconsideration? Well, they didn't completely. In a somewhat contradictory opinion, the ruling also upheld the right for same-sex ...