Section 63G-20-201 - Provisions governing solemnizing or recognizing a marriage - Prohibition against employment actionsNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a state or local government or a state or local government official may not:
(1) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to solemnize or recognize for ecclesiastical purposes a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;(2) if the religious official or religious organization is authorized to solemnize a marriage by Section 81-2-305 , deny a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization the authority to legally solemnize a legal marriage based on the religious official's or religious organization's refusal to solemnize any legal marriage that is contrary to the religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs;(3) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to provide goods, accommodations, advantages, privileges, services, facilities, or grounds for activities connected with the solemnization or celebration of a marriage that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs; or(4) require a religious official, when acting as such, or religious organization to promote marriage through religious programs, counseling, courses, or retreats in a way that is contrary to that religious official's or religious organization's religious beliefs.Amended by Chapter 366, 2024 General Session ,§ 36, eff. 9/1/2024.Added by Chapter 46, 2015 General Session ,§ 6, eff. 5/12/2015.