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Sunday, July 20, 2014
Federal appeals court rules Indiana must allow humanists to officiate at weddings
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit [official website] ruled [opinion, PDF] Monday that Indiana must allow secular humanists to officiate at weddings, despite a state law [IC 31-11-6-1 text, PDF] that bars their participation. The court declared that the law unlawfully discriminates against nonreligious humanists who wish to have their marriage officiated by someone who shares their beliefs. Under the First Amendment [text, the court found, Indiana cannot disfavor a secular belief system while favoring other...
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