US Clergy face criminal charges for conducting same-sex weddings

[mrph]

From the BBC: two New York ministers to be prosecuted for conducting same-sex weddings.

Words fail me. Whatever the letter of the law (which I don't happen to agree with), is it really in the public interest to spend time and money prosecuting members of the clergy for this?

Comments

[tenuous.livejournal.com]

Possibly it is in the medium term - especially if an unfavourable verdict is returned.

But I agree, there are immeasureably more sensible things for everyone to be doing.