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Last week was not a good one for civil rights. A city law being hatched in Washington, D.C. that would make it illegal for religious organizations to discriminate against homosexual individuals – with the exception of having to marry them or support their ceremonies – has gotten a cold response from the Catholic Archdiocese of [...]
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Blogger Patrick Phillips wrote about a 17-year-old girl in Mississippi wanting to wear a tuxedo in her yearbook photo. Apparently the school is adamant that this not happen, and the ACLU is sending out threatening letters to school officials.
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As I see it, most people who oppose gay marriage do so because 1) they believe that homosexuality is a choice and a sin, and 2) they do not want to raise their children in a society which condones homosexuality. When you cut through all the pseudo-legalese bullcrap about “rights that don’t exist” and whatnot, [...]
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Mika Salakka is a Finn living in the United States. He is a nursing assistant, a creative writer, a devoted husband, and an observer of the human condition. His interests range from music and literature to psychology, sociology, medicine, technology, and spirituality.
Civil Disillusion
December 2, 2009
in Commentary
Patrick Phillips wrote in his blog about a California man who has proposed a ban on divorce. In his post, and in the comments, he talked about the same-sex marriage debate, and “civil unions.” I wrote the following in response to his post, and I am copying it here because I’ve often written in my [...]
Tagged as: church, Gay marriage, Legislation, LGBT, religion, Society
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