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which is why it was done at a civil registrars which aren't religious nor in a house of god :yes:
They already are. You and no-one else has control over language, and people are already calling them gay marriage, so I'm afraid it's pretty inevitable.
So you could say that the third party does control the language.
No disagreement there. She's a hypocrite. I suspect that this woman has married divorced couples in the past too, which is absolutely not up for debate in Christianity. The rule on divorce isn't something that is hidden in some obscure verse in the Old Testament, it comes straight from the horse's mouth: Mark 10:11-12
Although now you mention it, "in the prescence of God" isn't exactly definable. It can effectively mean whatever you want it to mean, because in reality, it's a statement that says nothing.
All a civil marriage is is a non-religious legal agreement between two people, registered with the state. A civil partnership is the same, you're quite right, because it also has no religious connotations.
A civil marriage is not religious so using religion to justify bigotry should not be allowed. Religion is banned from the registry room so there's no justification for what this woman does.
The only religious marriage which is legally binding is a Church of England marriage, for the record, as only CoE clergy are allowed to act as registrars. For any other marriage the legal and religious marriages are entirely separate.
Prescedent already exists for objecting to the law in general. Doctors don't have to take part in abortions if it goes against their beliefs, they are not told that they should either do it or lose their jobs. I don't see why this should be different.
Put away is not the same as divorce. Back in the day, of course. As I said earlier the legal rules have changed over the last couple of millenia.