I don't think he is tbh. That lady who went to jail for refusing to marry gay people obvs felt it would contravene her faith, and if someone is hot on their religion it would be sorta hypocritical/against God to act otherwise. I don't even know any gays who give even half a **** about it, lol, but the issue has been politicised and is out of the everyday gay's hands. One of the best things about being gay is no chirrens and little pressure to get married/live that humdrum life. Marriage is an outdated concept with roots that are all about ownership of women, and over half end in divorce.
The acclaim for this King shows so much. It particularly shows that with all the major religions, the basis is love and peace. I'm so happy he came to the US.
You give up your right to be exempt from a duty due to religious reasons when you decide to become a public official with a taxpayer salary who is supposed to perform a service for the entire public.
Just like doctors don't get to say "I don't agree with homosexuality, so I'm not going to move you to the top of the transplant list".
Kim Davis simply should have been fired for not doing her job It's absolute insanity that she still has it, imagine if someone refused to marry interracial couples on similar grounds? And yes, similar religious arguments were used against interracial marriage.
Ppl have a right to religious freedom, like that hick who went to jail for refusing to perform marriages to gay people. Pope Francis saying otherwise would be heresy and would cause huge ructions in the Catholic church. He is generally progressive.
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Originally posted by GreasyBruce
You give up your right to be exempt from a duty due to religious reasons when you decide to become a public official with a taxpayer salary who is supposed to perform a service for the entire public.
Just like doctors don't get to say "I don't agree with homosexuality, so I'm not going to move you to the top of the transplant list".
It might be their right to refuse a duty, but that's because it's also a right to quit. They have no right to refuse others' rights.
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Your salary is being paid by all taxpayers, gay couples included. If your backwards religious beliefs prevent you from carrying out that job, pick another job.
I kind of agree and kind of don't. People who are already clerks and have been for some time started their job without the knowledge that gay marriage could happen. Tolerate them and their beliefs until they die or quit, but make it clear to the new ones that the job is also about marrying homosexual couples, and if they don't like it, then buh bye, find a better job.
Edit: Oh I thought he was saying that Homosexual Marriage is a human right, sorry but
I agree with him. Homosexuals never existed prior to the 60īs and itīs now destroying our civilization soooo
Christianity never existed prior to the year 0 and it's destroyed multiple civilisations soooo
Homosexuality has been around since the dawn of man + marriage is a legal matter, not a religious one, we have a separation of church and state, so the church should just shut it
Kim Davis simply should have been fired for not doing her job It's absolute insanity that she still has it, imagine if someone refused to marry interracial couples on similar grounds? And yes, similar religious arguments were used against interracial marriage.
It's awful annoying how much attention she has, when homosexual marriage became fully legal in the U.S. she could've just left her job and get another one, she knew it was coming, she stayed and REFUSED to make her job, stupid.