Thanks for posting this Marci. This is particularly true in the area of choice. People forget that there are organizations such as Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, or that Jewish Law *requires* an abortion to save the of a pregnant woman and thus the extreme position of the Catholic Church and others that NO abortion should ever be performed is an attack on other people's religious rights.
The many g/l churches, temples, etc. illustrate that the gay rights movement also has an important faith component. About 6 years ago, for example, the Reform Movement began to perform same-sex marriages. Paul ---- Paul Finkelman President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law Albany Law School 80 New Scotland Avenue Albany, NY 12208 518-445-3386 (p) 518-445-3363 (f) pf...@albanylaw.edu www.paulfinkelman.com --- On Fri, 4/10/09, hamilto...@aol.com <hamilto...@aol.com> wrote: From: hamilto...@aol.com <hamilto...@aol.com> Subject: Re: Faith groups losing gay rights fights - Washington Post- msnbc..com To: "Law & Religion issues for Law Academics" <religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> Date: Friday, April 10, 2009, 7:48 AM The problem with this coverage as with so much news coverage of religion is that it leaves out of the picture the religious believers on the other side. The issue is not between secular gay activists and religious believers, but rather religious believers who support gays and religious believers who do not. It is not unlike the abolition movement. On the one side is tradition and religious text and on the other side are arguments for equality. The latter are based in no small part on a theological vision of justice and love. When looked at as a debate between religious believers, the term religious liberty loses its force on the one side, because both sides are arguing for liberty based on a religious worldview. Marci Marci A. Hamilton Paul R. Verkuil Chair in Public Law Cardozo School of Law ------Original Message------ From: Joel Sogol Sender: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu To: 'Law & Religion issues for Law Academics' ReplyTo: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Sent: Apr 10, 2009 4:00 AM Subject: Faith groups losing gay rights fights - Washington Post- msnbc.com http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30146878/ _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others. Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
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