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Apr. 23rd, 2009 11:31 amhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090423/ap_on_re_us/xgr_gay_marriage_connecticut;_ylt=Aks7SS1WIeNLCDhbzbzjlTms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFhZDg0NTA0BHBvcwM4BHNlYwN5bl9tb3N0X3BvcHVsYXIEc2xrA3ZvdGVjYXBzZGVjYQ--
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Now obviously I am DELIGHTED that Connecticut is the 4th state to allow gays and lesbians to marry as they choose :)
Here is where I am baffled:
"The sad day was the state Supreme Court changing the thousands-of-years definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, across cultures, across times," said Gignac, who wore a sticker on her lapel that read: "Religious Liberty: Our Freedom First."
Religious freedom to this person means that only HER religious freedom is important? And that her religion has any rights to control the lives of other folks?
I'm all at sea here. Seems to me that a fundamentalist or anti-gay-marriage supporter would not be wearing a sticker that - at least to my eyes - supports the opposing argument!
( Back here for the full article )
Now obviously I am DELIGHTED that Connecticut is the 4th state to allow gays and lesbians to marry as they choose :)
Here is where I am baffled:
"The sad day was the state Supreme Court changing the thousands-of-years definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, across cultures, across times," said Gignac, who wore a sticker on her lapel that read: "Religious Liberty: Our Freedom First."
Religious freedom to this person means that only HER religious freedom is important? And that her religion has any rights to control the lives of other folks?
I'm all at sea here. Seems to me that a fundamentalist or anti-gay-marriage supporter would not be wearing a sticker that - at least to my eyes - supports the opposing argument!
