{"id":14177,"date":"2012-06-07T06:37:17","date_gmt":"2012-06-07T10:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14177"},"modified":"2012-06-07T06:37:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-07T10:37:17","slug":"taking-a-stand-for-traditional-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=14177","title":{"rendered":"Taking A Stand For Traditional Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

Same-sex marriage<\/a> is not a civil rights issue–it is a cultural issue. I have no problem allowing civil unions for same-sex couples to insure they have the same rights as married couples, but as soon as you allow same-sex marriage, you create a problem of discrimination against those of us who believe what the Bible says. If same-sex marriage is legal, is it legal for a Bible-believing<\/a> Pastor to refuse to marry a gay couple when the Bible tells him that what they are doing is a sin? Is it legal for a wedding photographer to refuse to photograph the wedding because he believes in the Bible, which says that what they are doing is a sin? Yesterday CBN News<\/a>\u00a0reported that a Christian photography studio was found guilty of discrimination by a New Mexico’s Court of Appeals\u00a0because\u00a0the studio\u00a0refused to take pictures of a gay commitment ceremony\u00a0. What about the First Amendment rights<\/a> of the photography studio?<\/p>\n

Yesterday the Quad-City Times<\/a>\u00a0reported that the Rev. Keith Ratliff Sr. of the Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines is resigning as branch president of the Iowa\/Nebraska branch of the NAACP because of the national organization’s decision to endorse same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, the national board of directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People<\/a> voted to support marriage equality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During a Statehouse rally in March 2011, Ratliff said his support for traditional marriage was biblically based, adding, \u201cThis isn\u2019t a private interpretation, a Burger King religion, and by that I mean a \u2018have it your way\u2019 religion.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue–it is a cultural issue. If the Democrats who support same-sex marriage can convince the rest of us that it is a civil rights issue, they will win the argument. If those of us who support civil unions to give equal rights to gay couples but stop short of endorsing same-sex marriage\u00a0will speak out and protect First Amendment rights, everyone’s rights will be protected.<\/p>\n

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