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A religious exemption for gay marriage?
A bill legalizing same-sex marriage for couples in New York state is at a standstill over the issue of exemptions for religious organizations and individuals. The reach of these religious protections is wide-ranging -from whether Catholic adoption agencies may reject same-sex couples, to the right of religious caterers to refuse services for gay weddings. In New York’s Marriage Equality Act, should there be exemptions for religion? What should happen when equal rights for gay citizens and the right to religious free exercise clash?
Civil unions for all
Any individual who offers goods and services to the general public ought to be prohibited from discrimination against people because of their sexual orientation or because they are members of a same-sex union.
New York’s gay marriage bill and the Holy Spirit
What a marvelous thing that any day now, the New York legislature is likely to legalize marriage between two men or two women!
Why do churches want religious exemptions?
Those religious organizations which support gay marriage will move ahead, and those which don’t will likewise move ahead, each following their own beliefs.
The danger of religious exemptions in New York’s same-sex marriage bill
While it’s important to protect the integrity and religious liberty of American citizens, I’m concerned that this debate is simply a smokescreen that will, once again, make gay unions fall short of the rights and protections that straight married couples currently enjoy.
Organized religion defending prejudice on gay marriage
When will we as a society stop compromising justice to protect the sensitivities of people, who are profoundly ignorant about the meaning and reality of homosexuality?
A covenantal approach to same-sex marriage
Covenant is about making the best deal you can, given the circumstances you are in, in order to advance the values shared by the parties to the covenant.
No single church defines marriage for Americans
The best way to protect our nation’s precious religious freedom is to respect the separation of church and state when it comes to equality under the law.
In New York, lessons for religious freedom and gay marriage advocates
Equal rights for gay citizens and for citizens who esteem the right to the free exercise of religion are more likely to clash if both groups are not explicitly protected by the same law.
The messy path to gay progress
While I’m disappointed we are arguing about the legality of same-sex marriage, I’m also pleased, because this wasn’t even an issue a generation ago.
Respect religious convictions in gay marriage debates
Where might we be today if decades ago, religious conservatives and gay activists had agreed to respect each other’s convictions, to abstain from using the power of the state to impinge upon each other’s freedoms?
Churches that take state funds must play by the rules on gay marriage
Churches that don’t want to obey non-discrimination rules are free to stop participating in publicly funded adoption programs.
New York must provide robust protections for religious liberty
If such an expansion of civil rights is to occur, it must be consistent with the long-standing American tradition of not expanding some people’s rights at the expense of others’ rights. Conscience protections are a thoroughly American idea.
Equality and equity
While for decades I have publicly supported both the legalization of gay interpersonal unions & churches’ ordination of homosexuals, I do believe that rapid change on matters like these does not serve the public interest.
In gay marriage debates, don’t cater to bigots
At the end of the day, we need to ask ourselves whether these issues of “religious exemptions” are not merely attempts to bog down marriage equality legislation and keep it from becoming law.
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