Postscript on marriage
question from Tribune columnist
Illinois Family Institute –
Laurie Higgins – 11/21/2013
Please click the link above
for the complete article by Laurie Higgins
One of my reasons for
writing this follow-up to yesterday’s article is that an attorney wrote me,
disagreeing with my assertion that “the legalization of same-sex marriage will
not affect my marriage.” He felt that I left out something important.
Here’s an excerpt from his email:
Every citizen in the country
is harmed by the erosion of personal rights such as the freedom of religion,
which includes the freedom to choose—based on religious beliefs—not to partake
in celebrating gay marriages by choosing not to do business related to them. It
is much the same way that all Americans are harmed when a person of color is
discriminated against. Our country is less free and less what it was intended
to be when such things happen.
It’s surprising that
“progressives” claim they can’t see any potential negative cultural
effects from the legalization of same-sex “marriage.” In the corporate world,
it’s easy to express the view that marriage has no inherent connection to
sexual complementarity. If an employee expresses a dissenting view,
professional repercussions are possible if not likely. Human resources
and the ironically named “diversity officer” assert that such
views make homosexuals feel “unsafe”—(another proposition inconsistently
applied). So already, we’re seeing the loss of religious freedom and speech
rights.
The Left mistakenly believes
this issue will eventually go away because they mistakenly believe
homosexuality is analogous to race. And it is this foolish and indefensible
analogy that they use to justify intolerance, censorship in schools, the
usurpation of parental rights, and the diminution of First Amendment speech and
religious protections.
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