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Originally Posted by Sowa
I honestly don't see it as the priest being a bigot. It is against the Catholic faith to have same sex marriages.
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Fair enough. The priest may not be a bigot. He can always claim his hands are tied because his religion is bigoted.
To me, it is pretty simple. Religion calls homosexuality a “sin”. This is bigotry against a group of people, for no other reason that “the bible says so”.
If you think an entire group of people are “wrong” and should be denied the rights available to all other members of society simply because of who they are – then you are exactly the same as people who discriminate against blacks, women, Asians, and any other group you want to name.
The bible should not, and cannot be used as a defense for discrimination.
You can either accept human beings as equal or you don’t. If you don’t, then you are a bigot against whatever group of people you want to deny as equals. If you believe all people of adult status are equal, then they should have equal rights. Including the right to marry whomever they want, and have it recognized as a “marriage”.
I defy anyone to indicate the difference between interracial marriage (which was once illegal) and marriage between couples of the same sex. Both consist of a pair of consenting adults – and they should be equal under the law. Today, anyone who opposes interracial marriage, could easily (and correctly IMO) be labeled a bigot.
In time, I expect anyone who opposed gay marriage to also be labeled a bigot. Hopefully they will eventually see the error of their ways.
Sorry if religion doesn’t believe in equality. It’s a real shame it is so far behind the Canadian government.