After reading the following I realize I am going to need duct tape to keep my head from exploding (thanks Glenn Beck) or the government may want to use it over our mouths at this point. This is so wrong. Anything in red, I added for emphasis. I am not trying to get on a rant or complain uncontrollably but come on.
This is important!
Gay Rights Trump Religious Liberty
Last week, Americans were subjected to news reports and television stories showing activists celebrating the overturning of California’s marriage laws. This was the result of a single judge declaring the common sense definition of marriage to now be a form of “bigotry” in California.
Now the assault on the legal status of marriage and the family in America is spreading to New York and other states. At first glance, this may not seem to concern you. But you should be concerned if you care that Americans are losing their basic civil rights.
For the first time in our history, America is are faced with a powerful movement that defines its alleged "rights" in terms of the deprivation of the fundamental rights of others. As a result, this movement is depriving other Americans of civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, including: freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion.
The core thrust of this movement is so obvious that even NPR is now doing stories openly declaring that “gay marriage” means the loss of rights for those disagree. Here are some recent examples taken directly from a recent NPR report:
When Gay Rights And Religious Liberties Clash
National Public Radio (Excerpt below)
Adoption services: Because the Catholic Church in Massachusetts refuses to place children with same-sex couples as required by MA gay marriage law, Catholic Charities has been forced to close its adoption program.
Housing: As a Jewish institution, Yeshiva University in NYC banned same-sex couples from its married dormitory on religious principle. New York's highest court invalidated the schools regulations as a form of unlawful discrimination..
Medical services: A gynecologist in California refused to give a lesbian patient in vitro fertilization treatment on the basis of his religious beliefs. (The doctor referred the patient to another physician.) The doctor has been sued and is likely to lose.
Wedding services: A photographer in New Mexico declined to shoot a same-sex commitment ceremony. The New Mexico Human Rights Commission fined the photographer $6,600.
Wedding facilities: A Methodist association in New Jersey refused to rent its boardwalk pavilion to a lesbian couple for their civil union ceremony. New Jersey has now revoked a portion of the group’s tax exemption after the couple sued.
Most Americans believe that gays and lesbians are free to live as they choose, but they don’t have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society. But we are living in an era when adhering to the common sense definition of marriage – for the sake of kids – is increasingly a punishable offense.
Thank you for your friendship and partnership in our efforts to protect children, families and the civil rights of all Americans.
Last week, Americans were subjected to news reports and television stories showing activists celebrating the overturning of California’s marriage laws. This was the result of a single judge declaring the common sense definition of marriage to now be a form of “bigotry” in California.
Now the assault on the legal status of marriage and the family in America is spreading to New York and other states. At first glance, this may not seem to concern you. But you should be concerned if you care that Americans are losing their basic civil rights.
For the first time in our history, America is are faced with a powerful movement that defines its alleged "rights" in terms of the deprivation of the fundamental rights of others. As a result, this movement is depriving other Americans of civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, including: freedom of speech, freedom of association, and freedom of religion.
The core thrust of this movement is so obvious that even NPR is now doing stories openly declaring that “gay marriage” means the loss of rights for those disagree. Here are some recent examples taken directly from a recent NPR report:
When Gay Rights And Religious Liberties Clash
National Public Radio (Excerpt below)
Adoption services: Because the Catholic Church in Massachusetts refuses to place children with same-sex couples as required by MA gay marriage law, Catholic Charities has been forced to close its adoption program.
Housing: As a Jewish institution, Yeshiva University in NYC banned same-sex couples from its married dormitory on religious principle. New York's highest court invalidated the schools regulations as a form of unlawful discrimination..
Medical services: A gynecologist in California refused to give a lesbian patient in vitro fertilization treatment on the basis of his religious beliefs. (The doctor referred the patient to another physician.) The doctor has been sued and is likely to lose.
Wedding services: A photographer in New Mexico declined to shoot a same-sex commitment ceremony. The New Mexico Human Rights Commission fined the photographer $6,600.
Wedding facilities: A Methodist association in New Jersey refused to rent its boardwalk pavilion to a lesbian couple for their civil union ceremony. New Jersey has now revoked a portion of the group’s tax exemption after the couple sued.
Most Americans believe that gays and lesbians are free to live as they choose, but they don’t have a right to redefine marriage for our entire society. But we are living in an era when adhering to the common sense definition of marriage – for the sake of kids – is increasingly a punishable offense.
Thank you for your friendship and partnership in our efforts to protect children, families and the civil rights of all Americans.
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