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Let the Churches Be the Proving Grounds

Submitted by alex on May 24, 2006 - 9:53am.

Gary Randall and the "Faith and Freedom Network" are taking it to Washington's churches in a large scale effort to gain the signatures of at least 112,440 registered voters for Referendum 65 to qualify for the November ballot.

Referendum 65 would overturn legislation that bans discrimination based on sexual orientation. In other words, for Gary Randall "Faith and Freedom" can be translated to "Intolerance and Discrimination."

» Seattle Times

Kyle Netterfield signed the petition, an overseer at the Northshore Baptist Church.

'We have a real concern that our freedom to hold to or act upon our sincerely held religious beliefs are going to be significantly infringed,' he said.

When legislation prevents you from discriminating against other people based on your beliefs, that's wrong eh? Wow. Welcome to the churches of Washington, please leave your coats, civil rights, and sanity at the door.

Posted in Civil Rights | Legislation | Washington State Politics | alex's blog
I will never understand...

why white Christians think they are oppressed.

When I was an AmeriCorps volunteer in the Federal Way school system, the head of the school board, when visiting a classroom, publically announced that there was no mandate in the Constitution that required that the Christian god be kept out of the school system's activities. I tried to tell him that if that was the way he was interpreting the first amendment, then the teachings of the Divine Flying Spaghetti Monster should also be promoted: http://www.venganza.org/

Its a scary reminder: Seattle, while very progressive and freethinking, also has the Discovery Institute, which supports science fellows who promote intelligent design: http://www.discovery.org/.

And if organizations like this have hold here, then of course run-of-the-mill homophobia will interpreted as condoned by god!

Submitted by Mohi (not verified) on May 26, 2006 - 11:58am.

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