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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Minister Sues Michigan For Right To Perform Same-Sex and Polygamous Marriages
In Michigan, a Detroit minister filed a federal court lawsuit on Monday against the state's governor and attorney general alleging that the state is violating his religious freedom by barring him from performing same-sex and polygamous marriages. According to the Detroit News, in the suit plaintiff Rev. Neil Patrick Carrick alleges that he has declined requests to perform same-sex marriage ceremonies because under Michigan law it is a crime punishable by up to a $500 fine to knowingly do so.
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Polygamy,
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