Originally Posted by
bionicarm
http:///forum/post/2614446
So your "freedom of religion" takes precedence over another class of individuals whose civil rights are being violated? How arrogant is that? Who are you to put your religious beliefs over another individual's personal beliefs? I love the way the religious fanatics try to skew the First Amendment in their favor. The First Amendment states --- Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Where does that say allowing gays to be married infringes on your right to practice your religion anyway you like? Just because you don't agree with the tenets of gay marriage, that keeps you from practicing your religion? That's ridiculous. I'm sick of people pushing their religious beliefs down my throat. It's like the pharmacists who refuse to distribute the 'morning after' pill to someone who has a valid prescription because it's against their 'religious beliefs'. If that's your religious choice, fine. But it's also doing your job. You can't do the job as described, QUIT, LEAVE, let someone else fill the prescription.
Please get over your paranoia about "opening the floodgates" to other forms of sexual behaviors. You honestly think a very SMALL minority of individuals who are into beastiality, transgenderism, or whatever forms of
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fettishs they're into, could muster up a large enough contengency to change the same laws as the homosexuals are trying to accomplish? And those same activists judges are trying to overturn Roe v. Wade because the same people against homosexual marriages are also the same bunch against abortion. So sorry, it goes both ways. Forcing 'their' beliefs on other people...
Arrogant, no, scewing the first amendment, no.
I really wish you would have read all of my posts. You are right it does work both ways. If someone walks into my Dad's photography shop, the precident says I can't tell a homosexual couple no I will not photograph your wedding or civil union. Personally I feel that participating by taking photos would be condoning an action I do not condone because of religious beliefs. But the courts have said that I have to or else they'll fine me, based on a trio (I don't think the supreme court ruled on it) of district judges who decided to apply a law (civil rights act) that has nothing to do with homosexuality to homosexuals. Basically the government is telling me to disregard my religious convictions because I'm not allowed to discriminate. That would be a government saying a portion of my RELIGIOUS BELIEVE STRUCTURE IS ILLEGAL!
-Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
Second, the legislation passed by 20%! Four judges overturned the vote of 60% of the californian legislation.
If anything those four judges are forcing their belief system on the majority of the population. Constitutionally it is up to the states, the people voted, the state decided then the judicial system said no your votes are irrelevent. (that is my main hangup)
I fail to see how this is forcing my religion on anyone. I said nothing about humping goats. (other than explaining to rylan about the court case)
That morning after pill was a private business being sued for what it did not sell. Yeah that isn't forcing beliefs one anybody you are right. They were wrong for not wanting to sell an item in their inventory. Seriously, there were other drug stores in the area, go somewhere else instead of trying to force someone to carry something you think they should carry. These are people out to start something. To force their belief stucture on someone else. It does work both ways.
But before you call me arrogant, at least read what I've said, and quit getting mad at me for wanting to live my life without being forced to do thing I don't want to do in the name of equality. And quit getting fed up with people for not doing something they think is wrong.
