Refuse to Sign
The Refuse to Sign Campaign seeks the separation of church and state by advocating equal marriage rights for all people, regardless of sexual orientation, by encouraging faith communities, and their leaders, not to sign state-issued marriage licenses.
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Bibliography
Cain, Patricia A. Rainbow Rights: The Role of Lawyers and Courts in the Lesbian and Gay Civil Rights Movement. Boulder Colo.: Westview, 2000.
Chambers, David L. “Couples: Marriage, Civil Union, and Domestic Partnership.” In Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy, and Civil Rights. Edited by John D’Emilio, William B. Turner, and Urvashi [...]

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Examples of Church Policy and Press Release
In 2002, with the support of the Board of Directors of White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, our Minister, Victoria Safford, made public her decision to sign no marriage licenses for heterosexual couples until the rights and privileges such licenses afford are made available to gay and lesbian couples as [...]

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TESTIMONY
Senate Judiciary Committee (re: SF2715)
Minnesota State Senate
26 March 2003
Mr.Chairman, members of the committee, thank you for hearing me this afternoon.
Since my ordination to the ministry in 1989, I have presided over many marriages for heterosexual couples and many marriages for gay and lesbian couples. These are sacred rituals, a sacrament held [...]

The following is an example of a church policy made by Clarendon Presbyterian Church, Arlington, VA. in September 2005.
Service of Blessing
Policy on Celebrations of the Covenant Union of Two People
Adopted by Session, September 2005
I. Statement from the Pastor on Services of Celebration of Marriage or Holy
Union
When we gather at Clarendon Presbyterian Church to celebrate [...]