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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
We're hearing a lot from the GAs about the need for religious freedom, and how religious freedom is under attack. Particularly by the competing right of nondiscrimination and equal treatment under the law.
And so a lot of the conversation is about protecting our rights, and falling back on the constitution, and a need for "mutual respect."
Mm'kay.
How about winning respect. Earning respect. How about convincing our fellow citizens that are are good people trying to do the right thing.
One gets the feeling that the church is perfectly willing to guarantee rights for gays in ALL arenas EXCEPT for when it applies to the church. Isn't that what the state law in Utah was about?
It tires me out. It's getting to the point where I feel like I don't even have the energy to talk or think or care about this.
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That law DID get respect, from Human Rights campaign, Utah Pride, and Jonathan Rauch, a gay academic at Brookings.