Carl Petersen starts his well documented article with a great quote from Pope Francis: “If a person is gay and seeks God and has good will, who am I to judge him?” I agree with this quote, but don’t think the Catholic Church will allow gay people to marry each other. Perhaps allow gay priests someday. Priests have already taken an oath of celibacy.
From the horrible headline left over from the California Proposition 8 battle, the article goes rapidly downhill, as Carl bookends it with his predetermined bias. Where is the conscience exception for Christian florists, bakeries and photographers who believe that gay marriage violates the teaching of Jesus in Matthew 19 and overall Biblical principles regarding who can be married?
Based on ADF’s past performance, Arlene’s Flowers has a good chance of winning its case:
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Alliance Defending Freedom and its allies have won 80% of cases litigated to conclusion, including 38 precedent-setting victories at the U.S. Supreme Court and hundreds more in the lower courts.
Commentary on Carl Petersen’s article, which was posted on the USA Melting Pot website, is continued here.
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