Straight couples will not be allowed to wed.
That’s the plan from two Southern California pastors, who are getting out of the marriage business.
Rev. Art Cribbs of San Marino Congressional Church and Rev. Anne Cohen of the First Congressional Church in Glendale will no longer be performing wedding ceremonies.
Gay, straight, traditional, opposite -- no ceremonies of any type will be performed.
The pastors’ decision is in response to the California Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex marriage. The justices also ruled that about 18,000 same-sex couples who married between June and the November 2008 election -- a period when the high court had ruled in favor of same-sex marriages -- would remain legally betrothed.
The pastors have scheduled a news conference for Friday afternoon to discuss the decision. Check back this afternoon for more information from that event.
