Saturday, May 23, 2015

Celebrate in Ireland



The votes from Ireland began to roll in and it looked like the referendum indicated that the majority of people felt the church no longer had a place in denying equal rights.  I  recalled this scene from "The West Wing," which is a wickedly witty jab at Dr Laura and groups that quote parts of the Bible, but don't follow others.  Freedom to practice religion for themselves is wonderful.  They should not expect that all others subscribe to their doctrine, especially when that means unequal protection under the law.  Harassment and discrimination has no place in a just society.  In fact, by it's very definition, it would be an oxymoron to allow such conduct to continue and then use the term "just" or "equal."  As Ireland was once very bound by the Catholic Church's dictates, this is extremely historical.

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