Losing Their Rights
Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council is whining about the congressional authorization to lift the ban on gay marriage. His argument? Christian soldiers will lose their ‘right’ to be bigots.
Some people think allowing open homosexuality in the military means nothing more than opening a door that was previously closed. It means much more than that. It would mean simultaneously ushering out the back door anyone who disapproves of homosexual conduct, whether because of legitimate privacy and health concerns or because of moral or religious convictions.
What is it about people like Perkins that makes them fail to grasp the fact that their Freedom of Religion does not grant them the right to inhibit the freedom of others because of their own personal biases and beliefs? It must be a mental disorder. Oh, yeah. Religion.