Surely you’re joking!!! Do minorities get to make up their own rights and then the majority has to respect them?In a democratic state the rights of minorities have to be respected.
The proof is growing one state at a time and will eventually engulf all of America. It won’t matter how many Americans disagree when it becomes law everywhere.Who exactly are you insinuating is a racist?
This is false. A large majority of Americans disagree with you. Please provide legitimate documented proof.
Like having different races and cultural traditions.There are soooo many rational reasons. Many of them revolve around this lifestyle being forced upon us against our will.
That’s an unfortunate side effect since people often confuse legality with morality. But they would be right to say that it is legally right. However, you are free to continue in your Catholic beliefs…privately.We will be forced to participate in many ways.
Our public schools will be forced to teach that it is a morally acceptable life style.
Well if it is legal for gay couples to get married, then there will be no legally justifiable reason for gay couples to be denied the right to adopt. But if Catholics in America are so concerned then maybe every Catholic family should think about adopting before the gay rights activists get a chance.Catholic adoption agencies will be forced to place adoptions with gay couples or close their doors.
Well, that’s what happens when you speak against peoples rights.People who speak publicly against the gay marriage will be forcibly taken to jail.
If you mean “criminally charged”, well that would be trespassing on religious rights, since the state has no right to dictate what is good Christian teaching and what is not.Preachers will be charged with hate speech if they preach against the gay marriage
Probably because preachers are spending more time protesting against gay rights then actually teaching the faith.and some kook who heard the sermon went out and killed a gay person.
God bless you to.God bless.
This is false again. This is not proof but your opinion.The proof is growing one state at a time and will eventually engulf all of America.
This is a non sequitur.Like having different races and cultural traditions.
You are confusing legality with morality. ALL laws are based upon a moral judgment!That’s an unfortunate side effect since people often confuse legality with morality. But they would be right to say that it is legally right. However, you are free to continue in your Catholic beliefs…privately.
This is a very anti-Catholic anti-religious view. This is an anti-free speech view.Well if it is legal for gay couples to get married, then there will be no legally justifiable reason for gay couples to be denied the right to adopt. But if Catholics in America are so concerned then maybe every Catholic family should think about adopting before the gay rights activists get a chance.
We should have equal rights, not special rights to the detriment of others rights.Well, that’s what happens when you speak against peoples rights.
Well we finally agree! It would be criminal to take religious freedom away from Christians just because it does not coincide with gay activists.If you mean “criminally charged”, well that would be trespassing on religious rights, since the state has no right to dictate what is good Christian teaching and what is not.
Do you know the Catholic teaching on homosexuality? Are you aware there no such thing as gay rights? Can you quote from the US Constitution which gives special rights to gays? You must start to admit there is a concept of “equal” rights and not special rights for certain groups to the detriment of others rights.Probably because preachers are spending more time protesting against gay rights then actually teaching the faith.
Who exactly are you insinuating is a racist?It is as unlikely as a racist succeeding in banning black people from constitutional marriage.
Would it not be considered an unenumerated right?Please show me in the US Constitution where it states everyone has the right to be married?
What’s that? Free health insurance? That’s good.Today, we have a federal mandate that each person is forced to have medical insurance, at the expense of others; again under the law.
Well if you believe that your religious beliefs ought to have a-prior legal authority over everyone esle’s beliefs based on nothing more than faith, then maybe they are correct?Someone referred to me as a Nazi during this discussion.
You are confusing and improperly separating secular law and legal rights with moral values.In a pluralistic society I expect secular law to do that which respects everybody beliefs to a certain extent; which means that everybody has to make a compromise legally speaking.
And so to any other persons beliefs. Why Your Christian beliefs should be favoured over other peoples beliefs is the question.The US constitution has provided specific guarantees to protect these rights.
Christian beliefs get no specific special favors or rights. I get a vote and I will use it to follow my conscience to enact laws that I believe are best for our society.And so to any other persons beliefs. Why Your Christian beliefs should be favoured over other peoples beliefs is the question.
And you have to show why gay marriage should not be law. Saying that its because my religion rejects it, or because its a family tradition, or because its immoral according to your understanding of morality, isn’t going to work, because on each case you are asking the government to put your beliefs over the beliefs of others on the grounds of faith. Why should a secular government put your moral beliefs over the moral beliefs of others?Christian beliefs get no specific special favors or rights. I get a vote and I will use it to follow my conscience to enact laws that I believe are best for our society.
God bless.
Because I have a vote which cannot be dismissed regardless of the foundations my beliefs.And you have to show why gay marriage should not be law. Saying that its because my religion rejects it, or because its a family tradition, or because its immoral according to your understanding of morality, isn’t going to work, because on each case you are asking the government to put your beliefs over the beliefs of others on the grounds of faith. Why should a secular government put your moral beliefs over the moral beliefs of others?
Having the vote does not mean that your vote will not in fact violate equal rights by placing gay people outside of the right to a state marriage.Because I have a vote which cannot be dismissed regardless of the foundations my beliefs.
nobeliefs.com/Tripoli.htmPlease provide a quote from the US constitution which says our government is secular? If you can’t, your entire argument is faulty.
God bless.
If the people of the USA vote to approve a constitutional amendment stating that marriage is between 1 man and 1 women, it becomes law! Again you are confusing legal rights with moral values.Having the vote does not mean that your vote will not in fact violate equal rights by placing gay people outside of the right to a state marriage.
This is not from the US Constitution. This is someone’s opinion. There is no constitutional guarantee the USA is a secular state.
You can rely on Wikipedia? You continue to avoid quoting the US Constitution because you know it does not support your statements.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_state
“Secular states become secular either upon establishment of the state (e.g. United States of America or India) or upon secularization of the state”
If the legal system is not intrinsically Christian or any religion, then America is implicitly secular and pluralistic by default. That’s the rational implications, and that’s why other values other than your own are being slowly implemented into the system. The reason that it has not happened sooner is because of the fact that many people hate gay people and are afraid of change because of sexual insecurity, and religion and tradition is often an excuse; and these very same people are responsible for making gay people appear to be an oppressed minority. They are helping to create the appearance of homophobia.You can rely on Wikipedia? You continue to avoid quoting the US Constitution because you know it does not support your statements.
God bless.
The Church teaches that our ultimate authority is our conscience and this applies to everyone without exception. Therefore we are morally obliged to respect the moral decisions of others unless they infringe our rights.You can rely on Wikipedia? You continue to avoid quoting the US Constitution because you know it does not support your statements.
God bless.