Judge declares that VA wedding law discriminatory against Sikhs
Late last year, four Sikhs from Virginia challenged a state law (Virginia Code 20-23) that would have required them each to pay a $500 bond to be authorized by the state to perform the Sikh wedding ceremony because they were not ordained ministers. The issue, of course, is that the Sikh faith (like several others) does not have formal clergy or ordained ministers, and thus the law was discriminating against members of the Sikh faith. The Virginia chapter of the […]
Categories: Civil Rights • Tags: ACLU, American Civil Liberties Union, Anand Karaj, Sikh wedding, Virginia
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