{"id":20454,"date":"2013-09-18T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20454"},"modified":"2013-09-18T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-18T15:07:20","slug":"the-need-to-balance-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20454","title":{"rendered":"The Need To Balance Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"

CBN News<\/a> posted a story today about a new law<\/a> passed in San Antonio, Texas<\/a>, to prevent discrimination against LGBT<\/a> Texans. Now before I go into exactly what the law does, I want to go on the record as saying that I do not support discrimination against anyone for any reason. However, there are certain situations where common sense needs to dictate decisions regarding people with different views on various issues. For instance, I have no problem with civil unions, but I do not support gay marriage. Why? Because as soon as the state endorses gay marriage, is it obligated to force pastors of churches who believe homosexuality is a sin to perform those marriages? I watched the Catholic adoption agencies leave Massachusetts<\/a> because the state would not grant them a religious exemption to allow them to deny adoptions to gay couples. Their right to practice their religious beliefs in the adoption process were denied. If you pass a law against discrimination against LGBT people<\/a>, is a pastor who holds the Biblical<\/a> view on homosexuality free to state that view from the pulpit?<\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

For San Antonio’s faith community there are several red flags. The ordinance criminalizes those with a biblical view of sexuality as it forbids bias against homosexuality or bi-sexuality<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Those charged and declared guilty by the city will face a Class C misdemeanor on their record and fines of up to $500 a day.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, the ordinance forbids appointed officials on city boards from showing any bias.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Allan Parker, president of The Justice Foundation, a San-Antonio-based Christian legal non-profit, has worked to analyze and explain the ordinance for San Antonio’s churches.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He said the ordinance is vague and unclear but he believes it can and will be used against Christians, especially those in the business world who disagree with unbiblical sexuality.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The leverage of the city to pressure any business to caving in is enormous under this,” he explained.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would this law punish a bakery if it chose not to bake a cake for a homosexual wedding because of their religious beliefs? What about the rights of the bakers? Are their religious beliefs as important as the wedding participants<\/a>? Where does the First Amendment<\/a> (the government shall not interfere with the free exercise of religion<\/a>) play into this?<\/p>\n

As I said, I don’t support discrimination against anyone, but I do support the right of everyone to practice their religion and state their religious beliefs. This law is not in agreement with the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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