Church Challenges Gay-Marriage Ban

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Michael Paulson, State’s Gay-Marriage Ban Is Challenged by Church. New York Times, Apr 29, 2014
www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/us/ch ... e-sex-marriage.html

the first two paragraphs:

"In a novel legal attack on a state’s same-sex marriage ban, a liberal Protestant denomination on Monday filed a lawsuit arguing that North Carolina is unconstitutionally restricting religious freedom by barring clergy members from blessing gay and lesbian couples.

"The lawsuit, filed in a Federal District Court by the United Church of Christ, is the first such case brought by a national religious denomination challenging a state’s marriage laws. The denomination, which claims nearly one million members nationwide, has supported same-sex marriage since 2005.

My comment:
(a) There is no need to read the rest. It is an novel approach, all right, but we can wait until the lawsuit comes to an end.
(b) United Church of Christ
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ
(section 1 History; section 2 Beliefs: no hierarchy, autonomy of the Local Church is inherent)