Not the Onion: Religious Groups Worried They’ll Be Branded As Bigots After Same-Sex Marriage Case

[beam me up scottie]

15. Religious Groups: We’re Not Bigots

Religious Groups: We’re Not Bigots

The nation’s major religious organizations are trying to convince the justices that they don’t have any animosity toward gays and lesbians.

“A decision that traditional marriage laws are grounded in animus would demean us and our beliefs,” the Baptists, evangelicals, Mormons and others told the justices.

“It would stigmatize us as fools or bigots, akin to racists. In time it would impede full participation in democratic life, as our beliefs concerning marriage, family, and sexuality are placed beyond the constitutional pale.”

The comparison to racism could be particularly sensitive for the religious organizations since a major legal precedent involved in the same-sex marriage case is the Supreme Court decision of 1967 striking down bans on interracial marriage.

They're worried they'll look like fools OR bigots?

Too late, you're already known as both.



Oh and wah.

My heart is breaking for you.