{"id":1799,"date":"2010-04-17T14:29:22","date_gmt":"2010-04-17T14:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1799"},"modified":"2010-04-17T14:29:22","modified_gmt":"2010-04-17T14:29:22","slug":"protecting_everyones_rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1799","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Everyone’s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s Washington Post<\/a> reported that President Obama has extended hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners.  Although this may surprise some people reading this article, I don’t have a problem with that–as long as he extends the same rights to heterosexual partners that are not married.  I don’t support gay marriage–I feel there is a potential that if gay marriage is legal, we will trample the conscience rights of pastors who believe in the Bible.  I do think, however, that compassion requires visitation rights to people who have lived together and made a commitment to each other–gay or straight.<\/p>\n

The problem with legalizing gay marriage is the question of what happens when a pastor who believes the Bible condemns homosexuality refuses to marry a same-sex couple.  Does he have a right of conscience to refuse to perform that marriage?  Does a photographer who believes the Biblical position on homosexuality have the right to refuse to take pictures?  Could we honor everyone’s rights by allowing civil unions and not involving the church?  I don’t claim to have the answers to these questions–I bring them up simply to make the point that this is a very complex issue, and we need to find a way to protect the rights of as many people as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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