[silverleaf]

So churches will no longer be “ licensed” to perform “ marriage” which has now become a legal construct

Let the state be the issuer of “ marriage” licenses and let the churches provide religious service and religious sacraments to those who wish to consecrate their status in the eyes of God . Members of their parish in good standing who follow the doctrine of that faith

If it is a “ constitutional right” then who do people have to buy a state license to register it? Isn’t that more onerous than a voter id?

[OpusatFR]

“Let the state be the issuer of “ marriage” licenses and let the churches provide religious service and religious sacraments to those who wish to consecrate their status in the eyes of God.

A good idea, and one that solves the problem of devout widows and widowers who want to marry but will lose their late spouses pensions if they do.

[P-Marlowe]

If it is a “ constitutional right” then who do people have to buy a state license to register it? Isn’t that more onerous than a voter id?

Exactly. If marriage is on a par with free speech and religion as a fundamental right, then the government has no authority to require anyone to get a license to get married. Effectively then, anyone can marry anyone.

[Salvavida]

Agreed. But one thing the church has been negligent in doing: marking those churches outside of the Christian faith by approving such marriages. Delegitimize them similar to the pronouncement that happened immediately after the ruling.

[SpeakerToAnimals]

If it is a “ constitutional right” then who do people have to buy a state license to register it?

Kinda like a background check to buy a gun. It turns a right into a government granted privilege.