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(71,265 posts) Tue Apr 29, 2014, 07:23 PM Apr 2014

United Church of Christ sues over North Carolina gay marriage ban

Yonat Shimron

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The United Church of Christ sued the state of North Carolina on Monday (April 28) over its constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, saying the 2012 amendment violates the religious freedom of its clergy.

The liberal denomination of some 1 million members is the first in the country to attack a same-sex marriage ban on religious freedom grounds, taking a cue from religious conservatives who used the same argument over the contraception mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

http://www.religionnews.com/2014/04/28/united-church-christ-sues-north-carolina-gay-marriage-ban/