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North Carolina Baptist Church: No Marriage Until Equal Marriage | The Pullen Memorial Baptist Church congregation in Raleigh, North Carolina has voted unanimously to prohibit its pastor from legally marrying any couple until she can legally marry same-sex couples. Protesting the proposed constitutional amendment that would ban recognition of all same-sex unions, the church members said, “As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination.” Pullen will still host spiritual commitment ceremonies, but pastor Nancy Petty will not sign state marriage certificates.
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