The the PROP 8 Ruling Worry You?

[CGMedley]

A federal judge recently struck down PROPOSITION 8 and some Christian leaders describe the ruling as an attack on religion. How do you feel?

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http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=3712

[Dr. Shane]

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"If religion is considered the chief obstacle to gay and lesbian political progress, then it would seem to follow that the state has an obligation to remove that obstacle," said R.R. Reno, a senior editor at First Things, a Catholic journal based in New York.

"That's not going to happen, because the First Amendment protects religious expression," but it could lead to a sidelining of faith in political debate, Reno said.

Sister Mary Ann Walsh, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, says Walker is wrong on the law and the church's theology. The Roman Catholic Church holds that homosexuality is not sinful in itself, but that homosexual acts are.

There is an obvious conflict between religious liberty and gay rights. There is no getting away from that.