(from Dennis Campilin's blog via Jordon Cooper)

Here are two important questions posed by one of the Ontario pastors in The Free Methodist Church in Canada:

(a) Is this the time for local congregations and ordained ministers of the Gospel to get out of doing the government's business (officiating marriages), for which we have no "scriptural" directives, and giving ourselves totally to the apostolic ministry of the Gospel and the care of God's people? I can see Christian couples being joined lawfully by Justices of the Peace or Commissioners of Marriage, then returning to the fellowship of their brothers and sisters to be celebrated and prayed over with great joy and reverence.
(b) Should I take the lead and be part of a silent protest by relinquishing my authorization to perform marriages? This could also mean in Canada that I would likely no longer be able to sign documents (passport applications, etc.) which are now calling for the Minister of Religion's marriage licence number.