A statement from the administration (on 3685) indicates that his main issue with the bill is that it "is inconsistent with the right to the free exercise of religion as codified by Congress in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act." So, being a Christian means you get to deny people jobs based on what goes on in their pants when they're not at work?
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The right wing justifies discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation while race and religion are protected. Smith wonders how those who see gender identity and sexual orientation as choices ("I think most scientists would disagree with them on that score," he says) deal with the choice of (or the conversion to) a certain faith? Why is that a protected choice?
Good point.
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The right wing justifies discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation while race and religion are protected. Smith wonders how those who see gender identity and sexual orientation as choices ("I think most scientists would disagree with them on that score," he says) deal with the choice of (or the conversion to) a certain faith? Why is that a protected choice?
Good point.
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I think the most telling statement is, "He doesn't say how working with a homosexual would violate his right to be a Christian,".
As I see it, the "religious right" (as cited) is incapable of giving a theological justification to their actions. This means that it isn't theology, or religion, that is the motivation, but some other source.
Were the so-called "opposition to the religious right" interested in a rational argument, they would recognize and expose this lack of theology and be quick to point out that this isn't a religious disagreement, but a political one (or, at the very least, attribute the argument to some other argument). But since it is easy to point to religion as the ever present root-of-all-evil, the need for rational argument goes out the window, and as it is sufficient to point fingers at an all too familiar bugaboo.
As there always has been, there is a group (at least one) that veils its agenda as religious. Luckily for this group, there are the reactionaries that are happy to blame religion and ignore the true motivation. I can't help but be fascinated by the dueling agendas.
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