Flash Farley
Senior Member
Nope. Rights are not granted. Rights are "inherent". Do you understand the meaning of that word?You're ignoring the Constitution.The state cannot invent a right that violates the first amendment protected right to religious freedom. My constitution trumps your new self serving law.
You are wrong and then you are wrong again.
The state does not have to invent new rights. The state can easily take away tax breaks.
Second, the state does not prevent any religious institution from exercising its religious beliefs except that those beliefs have limits. We do not tolerate religions that practice polygamy and child marriages.
Similarly you can't allow religions to discriminate against gays when it comes to employment. Notice I said employment. I said nothing about gay marriages. Churches do not have to marry two gays.
The right to "marry" is protected.
The right to "marry in the churches" is not protected. There is no such constututional right to be married in churches.
The state cannot violate the Constitution. Don't you believe in the constitutional theory of separation of church and state?
I believe in the dignity of respecting all human beings. This includes gays and lesbians.
As I said before, the churches can practice their religions 24-7 until they die. I don't care. What the churches cannot do is discriminate against its employees during hiring.
The attorneys are waiting in the wings to get started on their lawsuits. Churches have to come out of their 2000 year old traditions of discrimination and move forward with the rest of us into the 21st century.
Rights are granted gradually, one person at a time. Over time, we will force the churches to comply with non discriminatory common sense practices.
You seem to be extremely agitated at the idea of gays and lesbians getting equal rights. Do you also support slavery by any chance?