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pangaia

(24,324 posts)
Thu Mar 6, 2014, 09:25 AM Mar 2014

Church to State: GET OFF MY LAWN

I think a pretty gosh darn good take on so-called 'religious freedom' vs a pluralistic America by Robert Shrum-

http://news.yahoo.com/church-state-off-lawn-180000948--politics.html

"But the Arizona bill represented something more—the continuation of an overreaching campaign waged in the name of “religious freedom” that has profound implications for the future and fate of a pluralistic America. As E.J. Dionne observed in Commonweal, “the promiscuous resort to conscience objections” threatens “the ongoing effort to balance robust protections for faith groups on the one hand with the need for laws of general application on the other.”

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"Or should a fundamentalist hotelkeeper be able to refuse a room to an unmarried couple? And what if the couple is mixed-race? A conscience exemption could offer cover for the oldest and most odious form of discrimination in America."

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"Otherwise, we run the risk described by John F. Kennedy in 1960 as he was speaking for both freedom of religion and freedom from the imposition of religious dogma in the public sphere. Referring to the religious hostility aroused by his campaign, he said: “Today I may be the victim, but tomorrow it may be you—until the whole fabric of our harmonious society is ripped apart…”

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"Religious freedom is not in peril in this country today; the specter that can imperil our future is a misuse of religion that could menace our freedom."


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Church to State: GET OFF MY LAWN (Original Post) pangaia Mar 2014 OP
So, they don't want the tax exemption? merrily Mar 2014 #1
Recommended! HuckleB Mar 2014 #2
misuse of religion Sunlei Mar 2014 #3
unmarried? greymattermom Mar 2014 #4
What about not wanting to serve....oh... pangaia Mar 2014 #5

greymattermom

(5,751 posts)
4. unmarried?
Fri Mar 7, 2014, 04:36 PM
Mar 2014

How would you ever know. Some folks change their names, some don't. Some folks get married, change their names, get divorced, and now are unmarried with the same last name. Will everyone be required to carry proof of marital status? What would that be?

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