Prop 8 forces ministers NOT to marry...
Prop. 8 is an attack on religious and personal freedom
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And then he [a UU pastor] talked about how angry this proposition makes him. Angry, as a person of faith. This proposition would encode discrimination into our state constitution. It would violate our rights as a religious faith that affirms the inherent worth and dignity of every person, by restricting who we were allowed to marry in our churches. He talked about how angry it makes him, that we might just let this proposition pass out of complacency, and let our rights be violated as a religious tradition and faith community.
It would, in fact, severely impact our religious freedom.
Now, let's be honest here. The fundamentalists cannot say that. A defeat of Prop 8 would not force them to suddenly start marrying same-sex couples in their churches - and as I said to a couple of our lesbian friends over lunch in the church hall after the service, if anyone tried to force that issue, I'd be out there with the fundamentalists fighting on their side, to protect their religious freedoms to choose whom they will marry. And everyone at the table agreed with me. But if Proposition 8 passes, it would force us to stop marrying same-sex couples, in clear violation of our religious beliefs.
Yeah, THAT. It is NOT OK WITH ME that someone else can tell me who I (as an ordained minister of the ULC) can and cannot marry.
Now, how to counter this campaign of disinformation that the religious fundamentalists are running? "Ministers will be forced to marry gay couples against their will," MY CONSIDERABLE ASS. Why in the world would those gay people even ASK to be married by a minister who thought that they were "an abomination"? They wouldn't. They'd come to someone like me, or -----, or this UU minister--someone who actually believed in "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" for ALL citizens of this state and country, not just those of their own religion and belief.
Thoughts and discussion welcome.
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Prop. 8 is an attack on religious and personal freedom
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And then he [a UU pastor] talked about how angry this proposition makes him. Angry, as a person of faith. This proposition would encode discrimination into our state constitution. It would violate our rights as a religious faith that affirms the inherent worth and dignity of every person, by restricting who we were allowed to marry in our churches. He talked about how angry it makes him, that we might just let this proposition pass out of complacency, and let our rights be violated as a religious tradition and faith community.
It would, in fact, severely impact our religious freedom.
Now, let's be honest here. The fundamentalists cannot say that. A defeat of Prop 8 would not force them to suddenly start marrying same-sex couples in their churches - and as I said to a couple of our lesbian friends over lunch in the church hall after the service, if anyone tried to force that issue, I'd be out there with the fundamentalists fighting on their side, to protect their religious freedoms to choose whom they will marry. And everyone at the table agreed with me. But if Proposition 8 passes, it would force us to stop marrying same-sex couples, in clear violation of our religious beliefs.
Yeah, THAT. It is NOT OK WITH ME that someone else can tell me who I (as an ordained minister of the ULC) can and cannot marry.
Now, how to counter this campaign of disinformation that the religious fundamentalists are running? "Ministers will be forced to marry gay couples against their will," MY CONSIDERABLE ASS. Why in the world would those gay people even ASK to be married by a minister who thought that they were "an abomination"? They wouldn't. They'd come to someone like me, or -----, or this UU minister--someone who actually believed in "Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" for ALL citizens of this state and country, not just those of their own religion and belief.
Thoughts and discussion welcome.