Who Opposes Marriage Equality?

It is clear from the polls that the vast majority of those who oppose same-sex marriage and civil unions do so for religious reasons, and freely admit to this explanation. Indeed, the groups most vehemently opposed to civil unions are white Evangelicals (29% to 67%) and those who claim that they attend church every week (36% to 57%). But religion is not a sound basis for making law in a free society committed to the separation of church and state.

[Geoffrey R. Stone, "Civil Unions in Illinois: One Small Step", Huffington Post, 6 March 2009.]

Posted on March 6, 2009 at 11.21 by jns · Permalink
In: All, Common-Place Book, Faaabulosity

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Sunday, 8 March 2009 at 17.23
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    ". . .religion is not a sound basis for making law in a free society committed to the separation of church and state."

    I'll top that. Religion isn't a sound basis for making law in a free society, period.

    Those who think otherwise might want to consider living where laws prohibit women from driving a car, getting education past some point and even speaking to a man in a public place if he's not a husband or close relative. How about laws prohibiting surgery or encouraging polygamy?

    Oh, wait, those who insist the U.S. was founded as a Christian nation, as God intended, never meant for us to have laws based on those other weird, way-out religions from the far side of the world. But they fail to reckon with the possibility of laws prohibiting the wearing of two or more kinds of cloth at the same time, or ones calling for services conducted by someone speaking in tongues or handling poisonous snakes. Blood sacrifices, anyone?

    I didn't think so.

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