Gay Rights vs. Human Rights

By: American Decency Staff

By Chris Johnson A few weeks ago, Bill testified during the Holland, MI city council meeting which resulted in the decision not to pass a pro-homosexual ordinance. The ordinance would have, in part, violated landlords' and other business owners' basic human rights by forcing them to violate their religion or beliefs and provide a bedroom or other service for any homosexual couple that happened to ask them for one. The ordinance of course was called a "non-discrimination" ordinance. As conservative comedian Evan Sayet noted in an address on modern liberal thought to the Heritage Foundation, "the problem is that the ability to dis­criminate, to thoughtfully choose the better of the available options, [is] the essence of rational thought; thus, the [modern liberal] rejects rational thought as a hate crime." The other obvious problem with "non-discrimination" laws and other laws (like the one recently passed in New York) involving homosexuality is that they inherently and unavoidably discriminate. They take away one group of person's constitutional right to freely practice their religion and give another group the unheard of "right to marry" or "right to rent" or "right to buy cupcakes." Many advocates of homosexuality cite the equal protections clause, which says that "no State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." My argument against that is that there is no law against a man marrying another man. There is also no law restricting a man from jumping to the moon. There is simply reality. The reality is that "marriage" is "the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law" (Merriam-Webster). The federal government could redefine marriage to mean any relationship between any two people. They could also redefine "gravity" as "a force that allows you to jump as high as you want". That doesn't change the fact that the new definition is wrong. Similarly, there is no law saying that you cannot provide services to homosexuals. In fact, a new law would have to be made which would take away the right of the service providers to deny service based on conscience. Not to give the left any ideas, but this could be compared to forcing a church to rent out its fellowship area for a porn convention. One of the basic beliefs that led to the founding of our great country is that it is not the place of the state to force a certain belief on the conscience of its citizens. ============================================= We encourage you to register for ADA’s summer event and join with us in this rare opportunity to hear from one of the premier voices in the pro-family movement. Order Agenda – powerful DVD that has people stirred and motivated to share it with others. See:  Agenda:  Grinding America Down https://americandecency.org/archives/agenda-grinding-america-down-3/#more-5686 Your support is important to our ability to make a difference. Donate online at: https://secure4.afo.net/ada/donate.php American Decency Association is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability. American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org http://www.twitter.com/billwjohnson

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