Should a marriage commissioner have the right to refuse homosexual couples?

[PlasmaTwa2]

Here's a debate topic for all you smart and mature people on this board:

Saskatchewan's highest court will rule Monday morning on whether provincial civil marriage commissioners can refuse to perform same-sex ceremonies on religious grounds.

The province asked the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal for advice on whether proposed legislation allowing commissioners to recuse themselves from performing same-sex marriages for religious reasons would be constitutional.

As a compromise, the proposed law would compel dissenting commissioners to provide gay or lesbian couples with a referral to a colleague who would conduct the marriage.

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And what do you think? Personally, I'm all for allowing the commissioners to refuse to marry people on religious grounds. It's a strange phenomenon were we can allow members of minority languages in Canada to walk around carrying ceremonial knives and to take a break from work to pray, but when it comes to the largest-demographic in Canada we can't be bothered to allow them anything. It's completely assinine to think that a gay couple can ***** someone who is uncomfortable with their relationship to do anything and it is an invasion of their freedom.

So the question here really is this: Who's rights trump the other's?