Mormon church, others urge Obama to renounce report on religious freedom

[trotsky]

http://www.sltrib.com/home/4461526-155/mormon-church-others-urge-obama-to

In the tug of war between religious freedom and nondiscrimination rights, the weight seems to be pulling toward the latter.

At least that's the view of 17 religious leaders — including LDS Church Presiding Bishop Gérald Caussé — who addressed their concerns with the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' recent report in an Oct. 7 letter to President Barack Obama, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch.

The report, titled "Peaceful Coexistence: Reconciling Nondiscrimination Principles With Civil Liberties," comes down squarely on the side of civil liberties for individuals, the letter says, and "stigmatizes tens of millions of religious Americans, their communities, and their faith-based institutions, and threatens the religious freedom of all our citizens."

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"No American citizen or institution [should] be labeled by their government as bigoted because of their religious views, and dismissed from the political life of our nation for holding those views," the letter declared. "And yet that is precisely what the Civil Rights Commission report does."

If the shoe fits...

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Second your comment. nt

[Lordquinton]

2. Why does this seem so familiar?

"No American citizen or institution be labeled by their government as bigoted because of their religious views"

[trotsky]

3. Yeah but the reverse is perfectly ok.

Criticize a religious organization, and that automatically makes you an anti-religious bigot. Duh.

[Angry Dragon]

4. organized religion is not good .................... Jesus said so