According to Raw Story, GOP state legislators in Oklahoma are trying to prohibit atheists and homosexuals from getting married:
GOP lawmakers declare ‘all-out assault’ on marriage for same-sex and atheist couples in Oklahoma
Arturo Garcia
23 Jan 2015 at 17:37 ET
The Daily Oklahoman reported that, under one bill submitted by state Rep. Todd Russ (R), only “an ordained or authorized preacher or minister of the Gospel, priest or other ecclesiastical dignitary of any denomination” would be allowed to sign marriage certificates.
The measure, House Bill 1125, would bar county judges from performing weddings, and local clerks would not be allowed to issue marriage licenses. Couples are also allowed to file affadavits for common law marriages if they do not want their weddings performed by a church official. However, as KSWO-TV reported, Oklahoma does not currently recognize common law marriages.
This violates the Federal Constitution and seems even to violate
the State's own constitution:
Section I-2: Religious liberty - Polygamous or plural marriages.
Perfect toleration of religious sentiment shall be secured, and
no inhabitant of the State shall ever be molested in person or
property on account of his or her mode of religious worship; and no
religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or
political rights. Polygamous or plural marriages are forever
prohibited.
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