Swedish PM Tells Priests to Carry Out Same-Sex Marriages ‘Or Do Something Else’

RT ^ | 6/24/17

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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven has suggested that all Church of Sweden priests be compelled to perform gay marriages, despite the Lutheran church’s position that clergy members should have the right to refuse.

Same-sex weddings have been legal in Sweden since 2009, although priests can decline to carry out these ceremonies under the country’s marriage code.

This could now change, however, given Lofven’s recent comments about the role of priests in Swedish society.

The prime minister indicated in an interview with a church magazine that if a priest cannot bless a gay marriage, they should consider another vocation.

“We Social Democrats are working to ensure all priests will consecrate everyone, including same-sex couples,” Lofven told Kyrkans Tidning magazine.

“I see parallels to the midwife who refuses to perform abortions. If you work as a midwife you must be able to perform abortions, otherwise you have to do something else… It is the same for priests,” he said.

Official documents from the church say it “offers” both heterosexual and homosexual marriage ceremonies. Although it is not against gay marriage, the Church of Sweden’s official stance is that “no priest should be obliged to officiate at the wedding of a same-sex couple.”

[ebb tide]

Perhaps Pope Francis' heretical Amoris Laetitia (especially its interim report), and his joint worship with the Church of Sweden in celebrating the 500th anniversary of Luther's revolt, has emboldened the prime minister.

Pope Francis is welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, right, upon landing at

[BeauBo]

...but not Imams.

Muslim religious norms are held sacred by the Swedish State. In fact, just suggesting that there might be something that needs changing in islam could land you in jail.

[ebb tide]

“I see parallels to the midwife who refuses to perform abortions. If you work as a midwife you must be able to perform abortions, otherwise you have to do something else… It is the same for priests,” he (Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven) said.

Pope Francis with Italian abortionist Emma Bonino

The visit comes as a shock to those who know about Bonino’s past and her involvement with abortion initiatives. Bonino had an illegal abortion at age 27 and then worked with the Information Center on Sterilization and Abortion, which has performed more than 10,000 abortions. There are widely circulated photos of Bonino performing illegal abortions using a homemade device operated by a bicycle pump, as LifeSiteNews has reported.

[Dragonspirit]

Isn’t it funny how they swore up and down that no churches would be compelled to do gay marriage? Just like how they swear no sharia law and no gun bans. And American liberals ALWAYS want to copy Europe.