I’m talking about a church, not a county clerk. That’s not discriminatory. They’re told at the outset the church’s beliefs and principles, and they sign on to them, or they go elsewhere.
They are coming after the church.
It would be interesting to dump all the legal recognition stuff on the state. Would they be able to accommodate it? Also, you know the state would try to claim a vested interest in having successful marriages. So, it’s very likely they would develop some sort of screening and/or premarital educational programs. But what possible standards could they invoke now that couldn’t be claimed to be discriminatory by someone? They’re creating this mess, let them take care of it.