Same-sex marriage does not obstruct your religious liberty
Kathy Baldock is a straight, Evangelical Christian, living in Reno, Nev. She is the mother of two straight adult children and has no close LGBT family members, yet works to repair the breach between the the church and the LGBT Christian community.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Kathy Baldock
On Election Day 2012, four states, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota and Washington will all have marriage equality on their ballots. Maryland, Maine and Washington would be the first states to enact marriage equality through voter referendums. In Minnesota, the issue on the ballot is an anti-gay marriage equality constitutional amendment.
Many of the “religious liberty” or “religious freedom” arguments against same-sex marriage equality depict scenarios using threatening language: “Homosexual couples will be banging down the doors of your local church demanding to be married in your sanctuaries if this legislation passes.”
This is just not true.
What is up for vote in states is civil marriage. A civil marriage is a legal contract within a state; it is not a religious marriage.
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2012/10/same-sex-marriage-does-not-obstruct-your-religious-liberty/
That last paragraph bears repeating:
What is up for vote in states is civil marriage. A civil marriage is a legal contract within a state; it is not a religious marriage.
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