What is more important: Freedom of religion, or freedom of sexual orientation?
That is the question behind Georgia's "religious liberty" bill. (See this article from CNN if you aren't familiar with this issue.)
Basically, Georgia legislators were saying, with this bill, that freedom of religion is more important. The "forces of political correctness", aka the Media, northeastern elitists, and progressives everywhere, think freedom of sexual orientation is more important. Georgia Governor Nathan Deal decided to side with the PC police, and will veto the bill. Is he right?
In order to decide which is more important, I decided to look at a hypothetical religion versus sexual orientation issue.
For the religion, I picked Global Warming. I know, I know, people will tell me this is a scientific issue. However, if you ask any climatologist, they will tell you that Global Warming is a "theory", not a "fact". Ergo, we have to believe the Earth will warm based on faith, not fact. Since faith is more in the realm of religion, then belief in Global Warming should be protected under the First Amendment of the Constitution.
For the sexual orientation, let's use the classic homosexuality, shall we? The whole religious liberty bill wouldn't have been an issue if not for the gay community, right?
And now for the hypothetical: What if a scientific study showed that homosexual "relations" produced more carbon than heterosexual "relations"?
That is a toughie. Should we allow the Global Warming theorists to show preferences to heterosexuals in that situation? Can you imagine the court case where a Global Warmist refuses to make a wedding cake for a gay couple?
Sorry Global Warmers, but I have to side with the gays on this one. When it comes to any kind of law, I want it based on facts, and not what a religion chooses to believe. An individual's sexual orientation is more factual than the Earth warming based on carbon in the air (as opposed to the sun which amazingly creates daily high temperatures for areas of the Earth facing it).
Returning back to the original issue, I will have to side with the Georgia governor. This is clearly a case where being gay is more important than your carbon output.
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