The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
That's distorting the issue. Cakes aside, the law says people can be denied employment or housing because they are gay. Not because what they say or their actions are disruptive, but because who they are. Do Christians really want to align themselves to this behaviour?
ReplyDeleteMichael: The video is only following the same logic that the opponents of the bill used ie) that it would permit bakers (and photographers) from having to serve a gay clientele. That said, I agree that Christians should not rush to align themselves with discriminatory behaviour of any kind. My principle issue is that the Indiana bill was in response to court rulings (strangely enough involving bakers and photographers) in which the government compelled businesses to do something that they were morally opposed to. Put succinctly (I hope), if they refused to serve a client/customer based on his race, gender, ethnicity etc. they should be sanctioned. But if it gets down to an issue of whether or not to offer their specific service in a given manner (like putting a gay message on a wedding cake) the power of the state shouldn't force them to do so. Boycott them... picket them... encourage people not to use their service if you wish. But it's wrong to force them in the manner that the courts in the USA (and H.R.C's in Canada) are is an abuse of state power.
DeleteHere's a link to a story I found on Facebook that makes the point that this debate isn't about equality or discrimination. It goes too far in its conclusions but illustrates its point pretty effectively.
Fr. Tim
http://shoebat.com/2014/12/12/christian-man-asks-thirteen-gay-bakeries-bake-pro-traditional-marriage-cake-denied-service-watch-shocking-video/
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