Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Christians, adherents of most major religions, support equality for LGBT people

From Ireland-

The forthcoming referendum in which Irish people will be asked to extend the civil right to marry to gay and lesbian couples has generated much debate about the nature of marriage, the extent of homophobia in Irish society and the status of particular religious values in a secular and pluralistic state.

Throughout the debate, however, there has been a mistaken assumption that those who are motivated by religious belief do not support marriage equality, and that the only theological arguments that can be made are those that would deny the right to civil marriage to gay and lesbian couples.


More here-

http://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/christians-adherents-of-most-major-religions-support-equality-for-lgbt-people-1.2182570

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