North Carolina lawmakers voted on June 11th to allow state court officials to refuse to perform marriages if they have a religious objection, a measure that's aimed at same-sex unions.

The Republican-controlled House overrode a veto from Gov. Pat McCrory, who is himself a Republican and opposed to marriage, but said, "no public official who voluntarily swears to support and defend the Constitution and to discharge all the duties of their office should be exempt from upholding that oath." The GOP-led Senate overrode the veto in their chamber.

The bill was introduced in January in response to a federal judge last year striking down an amendment to the state Constitution that was passed by voters two years earlier banning gay marriage. However, the measure, which goes into effect immediately, doesn't include any language about same-sex marriage, which leaves open the possibility that it could be used to refuse to perform a marriage for any reason, as long as the official says he or she has a religious objection to it. Opponents plan to challenge the law in court.

What do you think of this law allowing North Carolina court officials to refuse to perform marriages if they have a religious objection, with the measure aimed at same-sex marriages? Just recently, do you recall there were businesses who refused to provide their services for gay weddings? Do you see a difference or not between business owners who don't want to deal with same-sex weddings and court officials who don't want to perform gay marriages?

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