Atheists prohibited to officiate at weddings
source: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-weddings14-2008dec14,0,5458048.story
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Nevada law requires licensed officiants to belong to a religious group. It's unfair, says Michael Jacobson, who wants the state Legislature to rework the law that so he can preside over nuptials.
In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at least one nuptial taboo: You can't be married by an atheist.
Michael Jacobson, a 64-year-old retiree who calls himself a lifelong atheist, tried this year to get a license to perform weddings. Clark County rejected his application because he had no ties to a congregation, as state law requires.
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Is this discrimination against atheists justified?
In a city launched by shotgun weddings and quickie divorces, and which offers the chance to be wed by faux Liberaces, King Tuts and Grim Reapers, there remains at least one nuptial taboo: You can't be married by an atheist.
Michael Jacobson, a 64-year-old retiree who calls himself a lifelong atheist, tried this year to get a license to perform weddings. Clark County rejected his application because he had no ties to a congregation, as state law requires.
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Is this discrimination against atheists justified?
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bfcooper
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jahbini:
yea, good call. u shud like send that 2 ur senator or something
- 3 years ago
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bfcooper
