"In the end, this effort shouldn't be about serving liberal or conservative agendas, but defending core American values."

Since when has the USCCB's agenda regarding religious freedom ever been liberal? Come to think of it, when has any liberal in this country ever argued for more religious freedom? If anything, liberals usually argue for freedom FROM religion. This constant need on the part of the media to insert a false equivalence into every argument is starting to get really annoying, which brings me to this line:

"Some Christians today seek to deny gay, lesbian and transgender people basic rights in the name of religion. Discrimination under the guise of faith does a disservice to upholding authentic religious freedom. " 

Excuse me, but wasn't the whole point of Fortnight for Freedom originally built on the premise of denying gay people goods and services and firing them from their jobs? Sorry, Mr. Gehring, but you can't have it both ways. Enough with the false equivalence.