..American pastors are split over the issue, with 24 percent of them saying clergy should no longer be involved in the state’s licensing of marriages, and 71 percent saying they should stay involved. Pastors of small churches with fewer than 50 congregants were most likely to say clergy should no longer be involved, and evangelical pastors were slightly more likely than mainline pastors to say clergy should remain involved (77 percent vs. 69 percent).
Meanwhile, half of Americans are ready to separate religious weddings from the government’s definition and recognition of marriage.
Read it all. For background see The First Things Marriage Pledge and Mark McCall’s Legal Analysis
Wow — 24%. I’m shocked that number is already so high. I knew it was a minority percentage — significant but small — but didn’t know it would be as high as 24%.