I agree to a point, but where is the dividing line between the Church's right to defend its beliefs and the gay community's right to freedom from discrimination? Is it discrimination, necessarily, to disagree with something your faith says is a sin? I don't believe that it is, provided that person and property are respected throughout the disagreement.
I don't think gays have a RIGHT to marry. There is no human rights issue there, so long as their right to be together is not denied and they are granted the benefits of common-law status. Pushing the issue so far has, IMO, done more harm than good. Politically, my position is that gay marriage should be legalized in a civil sense, but no church should be forced to perform a ceremony they don't agree with. Freedom of religion can co-exist with freedom of expression in this.
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Date: 2005-01-09 08:31 pm (UTC)I don't think gays have a RIGHT to marry. There is no human rights issue there, so long as their right to be together is not denied and they are granted the benefits of common-law status. Pushing the issue so far has, IMO, done more harm than good. Politically, my position is that gay marriage should be legalized in a civil sense, but no church should be forced to perform a ceremony they don't agree with. Freedom of religion can co-exist with freedom of expression in this.