May 30, 2009 11:06 am US/Pacific
Pastor Protests Prop. 8 By Not Performing Weddings
SAN MARINO (AP) ―
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Gay couples against Proposition 8 hold signs outside of the California Supreme Court May 26, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
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The pastor of a San Marino church has said he will not perform any more wedding ceremonies in California until the state's same-sex marriage ban is overturned.
The Rev. Art Cribbs, pastor of the 60-member San Marino Congregational United Church of Christ, says he has been marrying couples for more than 20 years but the wedding ceremony he performed on May 23 would be his last until gay couples are given the same right.
Speaking to reporters and a small crowd of church members Friday, Cribbs said he felt Proposition 8, upheld Tuesday by the state Supreme Court, crossed a boundary between religion and civil law.
San Marino is about 10 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles.
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