tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post6293528354119300927..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: Moving 3% of Californians to full marriage equality.Father Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-39012837009897589772009-09-14T16:48:36.421-07:002009-09-14T16:48:36.421-07:00Hello,
I just visited one of my more religious pr...Hello,<br /><br />I just visited one of my more religious protestant friends last night, and she said that she abstained from voting on Prop 8 because she thought if she voted NO then churches would be forced to marry gays and lesbians. She has come around on the same-sex marriage issue quite a bit since she was younger, but thinks that churches should have the prerogative to not marry whomever they choose. <br /><br />So, I assured her that no church would be forced to change their marriage practices, and she was relieved but also unhappy that she had been lied to. I followed up with several examples of how various religious faiths don't have to marry people of differing faiths, nor do they have to marry people who've previously been divorced and The Mormons got away with not allowing African Americans to serve in the priesthood for over a decade after civil rights legislation. <br /><br />Anyway, that seems to be the main reason most moderate people voted in favor of Prop 8, so whatever we do we need to publicly reassure the church going faithful that they will *not* have to change their ways if they don't *want* to. There is no coercive movement afoot to force them to accept homosexuality as not being sinful if they don't *want* to. <br /><br />We also need an equivalent of "Fight the Smears" wire like the Obama campaign had, so that our rank and file can distribute the information far and wide whenever the Marriage Segregationists start a new scary meme.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18080600398426684796noreply@blogger.com