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Dutch Registrars banned from refusing to perform gay weddings
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By George Conger for CEN Marriage registrars may not cite reasons of conscience or religious belief as grounds for refusing to solemnize a gay marriage, the Dutch Equal Treatment Commission (CGB) ruled on April 15. The CGB ruled in favour of a town council that had advertised for a marriage registrar but set a requirement that applicants must be prepared to perform gay weddings. A local authority was “not violating the equal treatment law if it refuses to appoint a marriage registrar who does not wish to marry persons of the same sex on grounds of religion,” the CGB held.
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