From "When Gay Rights and Religious Liberties Clash" by Barbera Bradley Hagerty, posted 6/13/08 at npr.org
In recent years, some states have passed laws giving residents the right to same-sex unions in various forms. Gay couples may marry in Massachusetts and California. There are civil unions and domestic partnerships in Vermont, New Jersey, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Oregon. Other states give more limited rights.
Armed with those legal protections, same-sex couples are beginning to challenge policies of religious organizations that exclude them, claiming that a religious group's view that homosexual marriage is a sin cannot be used to violate their right to equal treatment. Now parochial schools, "parachurch" organizations such as Catholic Charities and businesses that refuse to serve gay couples are being sued — and so far, the religious groups are losing. Here are a few cases:
Read more."Houston, we have a problem..."
Even NPR is acknowledging that fundamental liberties are being destroyed in order to placate homosexual and transgender activists. Will our clergy and Christian leaders acknowledge it?
Christians who are in the world are in need of some practical guidance about how to respond-- not to individual homosexuals (that’s Christianity 101), but to the the movement itself, that is increasingly controlling our schools, govt. and workplaces...
We find ourselves in an increasingly untenable situation. This movement demands allegiance in no uncertain terms...
Will our leaders help, encourage and support us in being faithful?
