For the record, I love engaging in constructive debate. However, I
hate confrontation. Nevertheless, I have to reiterate once more that
religious freedom trumps one's emotional feelings. As a libertarian, I
hold that marriage should be privatized. As a Christian, I believe that
marriage is the union between one man and one woman. If same-sex
couples want to have a wedding, then that's fine by me. However, that
does not give them the right to legally require those oppose
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to same-sex weddings to participate in a same-sex wedding. As I've
repeated before, I'm a Christian and a record producer. It would be
completely unreasonable for me to be legally required to record the
music of a band that I have religious objections to, e.g. a Satanic
band's music.
Feel free to
post your objections to this post, but I'm finished debating the issue.
I only write this because religious freedom is being threatened, and
religious freedom is one of the foundational principles of our
Constitution. Marriage, in general, is not.
Who would object that I should be legally required to record a Satanic band's music? If you oppose such a legal requirement, why the double-standard with respect to same-sex weddings? I'm not saying homosexuals are Satanists, but the principle is the same nonetheless.
Actually, the real issue is even more basic than "religious freedom", in that the real issue is "freedom of association", of which "religious freedom" is a special case.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. Religious freedom is just currently the most hotly debated issue now that SSM is becoming legal in more and more places.
ReplyDeleteMy point is that to allow the political disagreement over using government violence to compel participation in same-sex mirage to be framed strictly as a matter of religious freedom is a grave mistake.
ReplyDeleteI agree with that as well, but this is one particular point that has to be addressed before the "separation of Church and State" that liberals and progressives love to cite will poetically be dissolved. They might as well say, "As long as it's our 'Church' it's okay."
ReplyDeleteShould a racist be forced to service a black person against their sincerely held beliefs that black people are inferior? Suppose they're a Positive Christian, which is the religion some of the Nazis held. Then if religious freedom is knock down, then they should also be able to have "religious objections" to servicing black people. And back to pre-civil rights America we go..
ReplyDeleteThey never refused to make a cafe for a lesbian couple. Rather, they refused to participate in a same-sex wedding, which they have the right to do.
ReplyDelete"How does same-sex marriage affect you?" Just ask the owners, Aaron and Melissa Klein, who were sued $135,000 because a lesbian couple cited their emotional and mental suffering. Nevermind that Aaron and Melissa served this couple in the past. The only thing they wouldn't participate in was the *act* (not the orientation) of a same-sex wedding. It's a scary time we live in, when the alleged right to marriage trumps the freedoms of religion and speech: what the U.S. was founded on.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/…/sweet-cakes-melissa-owner…/