Comments on: Justifying Discrimination in the Name of Religious Freedom is Not a Good Idea

By: arion

arion — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:59:07 +0000

This is so dangerous. Naral’s leadership is so deficient now, and This manifesto is a shot across the bow to see if the time has come for a frontal assault on Roe v. Wade. I suspect the only factor restraining them is the fear that a successful assault would damage Republican candidates. Once they feel they have enough public acceptance or passivity they will go for it. And Roe is extremely vulnerable as law. There must be a strong public campaign or all is lost.

By: rjrnab

rjrnab — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:21:51 +0000

Time to draft the ‘Milk Declaration’, or the ‘The Bay Declaration’ or something…

Lots of muckity muck christians trying to get their two cents worth in.

By: 1murillo

1murillo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:39:08 +0000

Agreed. We’re all hypocritical, there’s only a matter of degree.

By: masanf

masanf — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:38:47 +0000

So much for freedom of conscience and freedom of religion. Hey let’s let some bogus concern about discrimination trump those things, ok.

By: Becca

Becca — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:51:21 +0000

It’s a rubbish argument anyway. No Catholic priest has ever been required by law to preside over the marriage of a Jew or Pagan or Muslim or Hindu person. No Jewish Rabbi has ever been required by law to officiate over the marriage of a non-Jew. Etc., etc….

When they bring up crap like this as a reason to outlaw same sex marriage they are, at the very least, being utterly disingenuous. At worst, compete hypocrites.

By: Kelly Canfield

Kelly Canfield — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:40:46 +0000

You make my point again.

It’s the spirit of the thing, rather than arcane and arbitrary rules to codify that spirit.

By: Twain

Twain — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:39:03 +0000

Things, you are truly funny. By the way, I like Ballpark.
:)

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:35:57 +0000

Faith is funny notice the Fundies are not arguing we should keep Kosher. Although with Vienna Beef Franks being better than Hebrew National and sans meat packing scandal well even kosher meat can lose the spirit while keeping in the letter of the law.
The spirit of the Bible love one an other and treat others as they would like to be treated.

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:30:20 +0000

Some faith not Peterr’s or mine? ( I have faith?) :)

By: ThingsComeUndone

ThingsComeUndone — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:28:06 +0000

Agreed your rights to free speech end where my rights begin. Life Liberty the pursuit of Happiness trying to take away an others right by using free speech to push others to take away an other’s rights is wrong.
This subject would make a good debate if the Lake’s lawyers would lead it.