 sillysam says: In New Mexico, a state civil-rights commission fined an evangelical wedding photographer $6,637 for politely declining to photograph a gay commitment ceremony. In California, the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously against two San Diego fertility doctors who refused to give in-vitro fertilization to a lesbian owing to their religious beliefs, even though they had referred her to another doctor. And just this week, evangelical dating site eHarmony, which hadn’t previously provided same-sex matchmaking services, announced it had been browbeaten into doing so by New Jersey’s Division on Civil Rights and the threat of litigation. The first 10,000 same-sex eHarmony registrants will receive a free six-month subscription. “That’s one of the things I asked for,” crowed Eric McKinley, who brought the charges against eHarmony. Where do they go from here? Gay activists are already using the legal system to try to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Mormon church. If you believe that churches and synagogues, priests and rabbis won’t eventually be sued for their statements on sexuality, you’re kidding yourself. Chai Feldblum, a Georgetown University law professor and gay activist who helps draft federal legislation related to sexual orientation, says that, when religious liberty conflicts with gay rights, “I’m having a hard time coming up with any case in which religious liberty should win.” A National Public Radio report on the conflict noted that if previous cases are any guide, “the outlook is grim for religious g... Why do people see marriage as religious? Seriously...explain this to me. i am firmly against these leftist plans to force all americans to marry someone of the same gender. in a free country, people should be allowed to marry folks of another gender, should they so choose. Marriage has always been of a religious nature. It has only been in the past two decades that we have seen the push to make it a secular institution. Marriage was created by God. I suppose that is the short answer. LEt me know if you would like ot hear more. Nobody is forcing anyone to marry anyone else. Where do you get that and how is this a "an implicit threat to freedom of conscience and belief"? In teh western world, marriage did not become a matter for the church until the sixteenth century. Until then, marriages did not require the blessing of a priest or even witnesses; it was a simple contract between the two people involved. Sex between singles was considered a defacto betrothal. You have the world's biggest reference library at your disposal. Do some research on the history of marriage before you spout off some more. |
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