Topic: Gay marriage
Quote: \xe2\x80\x9cContrary to what marriage redefinition activists might argue, redefining marriage in New Hampshire would have serious consequences for the religious community beyond the limited protections the governor has proposed,\xe2\x80\x9d said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks. \xe2\x80\x9cThe governor is right to recognize the threat to religious liberty, but he underestimates the threat by a long shot. Where are the protections for business owners with religious objections to recognizing same-sex \xe2\x80\x98marriages\xe2\x80\x99? Formally affiliated organizations are not the only ones who need their religious liberty protected.\xe2\x80\x9d\n...\nAfter reviewing the proposed language of the statute, ADF attorneys claim that religious organizations would be forced to recognize counterfeit \xe2\x80\x9cmarriages\xe2\x80\x9d of potential clients or customers in many situations or face severe consequences.
Response: ADF: NH gov\'s proposed revisions to marriage redefinition bill fail religious freedom test - Alliance Defense Fund - Defending Our First Liberty\nAnd there it is...\nThe repeated demand from the anti-gay for SPECIAL PRIVILEGES for the "religious" detractors.\nI fully support CHURCHES and PASTORS from being exempt, but it\'s not necessary.\nCurrently, our RELIGIOUS discrimination protection is much stronger than our gay discrimination protection, but do you see churches being forced to perform inter-religion marriage if the church doctrine is against it? NO!\nDo you see atheists saying "I like the look of this church. I don\'t belong, but I\'m going to force you to rent the church for my wedding party anyways." ?? NO!\nThe existing language and constitutional protections are good enough.\nBut when given more explicit (redundant) wording, what do the anti-gay marriage organizations demand?\nSomething NO GROUP HAS EVER HAD before.\nThey want BUSINESS OWNERS to be free to discriminate if they have "religious objections"...\nWhat if their objections are NON-religious in nature? Why is the religion supposed to get the special perk???\nAnd as mentioned, NO GROUP HAS EVER HAD this.\nThere were plenty of religious interpretations against black equality and interracial marriage. But did we give THEM special privilege to ignore and discriminate against interracial marriages?\nNO!\nThe really refreshing part of all this?\nThese whiny temper tantrums just don\'t matter... emoticonXRolleyes\nIf the NH legislature includes the religious exceptions (if they are just reconfirming that churches / pastors don\'t have to perform ceremonies they don\'t want to), then the governor WILL sign it.
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