some great moral sinners also acted in the name of religion.
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recalling that many Americans came to these shores to escape the tyranny of enforced religious uniformity and
there are other issues that also divide the country along religious lines. Some involve religion directly
by giving him a “free” issue. It was free because he – and other “pro-life” Republicans – could strongly oppose all abortion without alienating moderate Republican women and men who favored a woman’s right to choose but felt secure in the k...
dedicating themselves to reversing Roe. In 1974
the pro-choice movement devoted much of its resources to the litigation option
under mounting pressure from the women’s rights movement
even world views. Unlike the issue of equality for gays or state-enforced racial segregation
essentially handing the 2000 Presidential election to George W. Bush
I received a phone call from the then Governor of Massachusetts
where extremists on both sides pilloried me: gay activists for not going far enough; religious anti-gay activists for going too far.
a majority of Americans already agree that gay couples should be allowed to join in secular unions with the rights and responsibilities that generally accompany marriage.
it does not differ fundamentally -- except for labels -- from the situation that exists in many states today. Throughout the United States
it would also strengthen the wall of separation between church and state by placing a sacred institution entirely in the hands of the church while placing a secular institution under state control. Roger Williams and Thomas Jefferson would....
gay couples would win exactly the same civil rights as heterosexual couples in relationship to the state. They would still have to persuade individual churches of their point of view
I argued that if marriage is indeed sacreda divine
the movement toward full equality for gays has made great strides
at least in parts of the world that I frequent. Most young people I encounter can’t even understand why anyone would discriminate against someone based on his or her sexual orientation or preference.
though we knew that the Bible prohibited sex between men (perhaps the Bible’s authors
it was impermissible to use any words that were demeaning to African Americans (who we called Negroes or colored)