Hi David, On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:27 PM, David R. Block <[email protected]> wrote:
> One of the main items left unaddressed is whether or not there will be FORCED > performance of same-sex "weddings." If so, look for a burgeoning "home > church" movement, while standard issue churches fold. Nobody is really saying > anything about this. One can only hope that freedom of conscience does not > just apply to gays. Obama's history with the treatment of "enemies" does not > inspire confidence, and forcing abortion coverage on Catholic institutions in > violation of their consciences and their faith not only does not inspire > confidence, it is the very example of what I DON'T want to happen. > > History is not on the side of the "gay marriage" dissenters. You're probably right, at least up to a point. The first impact will be felt (as it already has) with parachurch organizations. Then there'll be an extended period of don't ask don't tell, loss of certain privileges, etc. The interesting question is how fast it will happen. The best case scenario is that the Left overreaches, and starts to crack down on "freedom of conscience" objectors to gay marriage in progressive states while the rest of the nation is still thinking this is all about tolerance and acceptance. The worst case scenario is for the Left to be patient, and the Right to give enough of a platform to idiots and bigots that it becomes easy to demonize them. Or rather, us. :-( -- Ernie P. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
