Prop 8 ruling could impact religious freedoms
Jul 13, 2010
by Michael Foust
SAN FRANCISCO (BP)--It likely is a very rare event when the Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic official statements on marriage are read aloud in a federal courtroom, as happened earlier this year during the trial of California Prop 8.
It's probably also unusual for a key witness to declare that "religion is the chief obstacle for gay and lesbian political progress," as was said.
But the Prop 8 trial was anything but usual; in reading the transcripts from the 12 days of testimony in January, religion was a major theme, with traditional Christian beliefs on "gay marriage" often cast as bigoted and tantamount to racism. the rest
posted by Pat Dague @ 7:58 PM
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"It likely is a very rare event when the Southern Baptist and Roman Catholic official statements on marriage are read aloud in a federal courtroom, as happened earlier this year during the trial of California Prop 8."
It SHOULD be not just "rare" but not permitted. I am not Southern Baptist (or any kind of Baptist, for that matter), nor am I Roman Catholic. What on earth is the relevance of YOUR religion to others who are not members of your faith? Why should justice and equality before the law be dependent on some sub-set(s) of religion at all?
And you wonder why your type get labelled "Christianist".
"with traditional Christian beliefs on gay marriage often cast as bigoted"
And, in this case, they very much were.
(Sorry, had to take out the smarm quotes around gay marriage. Those 18,000+ marriages were very much legal at the time they were performed. Is condescension now a "Christian" value?
"conservative leaders are warning that what took place in the trial is only a preview of how supporters of gay marriage will cast conservative Christians if Prop 8 is overturned and gay marriage is legalized nationwide."
Supporters of gay marriage (again, had to delete those pesky smarm quotes to try to keep this Christian - i.e. charitable) aren't the ones who cast conservative Christians in a negative light. You do it yourselves by your very actions and your very words.
"Those leaders say backers of gay marriage will try to marginalize Christians by comparing them to the 1950s and '60s opponents of civil rights."
That's a perfectly apt comparison, imo.
In what way would the "Prop 8 ruling impact religious freedoms"? The answer is that it would not. The headline is completely divorced from the reality of the case.
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