Religious Freedom Offered For Muslims But Not For Christians

Gay rights are certainly one of the more controversial issues of our time. We can remember years back when singers and performers wrote music and performed in movies that disparaged and made fun of those who were gay, to the point where “coming out” was a really bad idea. In fact, the American Psychiatric Association’s DSM used to list homosexuality as a mental illness. These things are in the past, and the LGBT community need not fear the persecution in any way that its members did in previous decades.

However, the Bible still lists homosexuality as a sin, in both testaments and in multiple passages. Many who state they are Christians hold to a very “progressive” view of the scriptures and find those passages normative for a different era — thus no longer applicable to today. Others believe a more literal reading of the Bible is correct and find the books penned by the Apostle Paul to be very straightforward in their teaching on sexual matters, including homosexuality. They consider it a sin, and run into problems when implementing that belief in the business practices.

The Alliance Defending Freedom conducted a series of interviews on the campus of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the results were very interesting. We’ll let you watch the short video, but the upshot is that when students were asked if a professional Muslim vocalist were asked to sing at a Christian wedding, should the law compel him to do so regardless of any religious objections he might have to so doing. They all answered in the negative — that it was up to the Muslim to decide whether to participate or not.

However, when asked whether a Christian who opposes gay marriages on religious grounds should be compelled to bake a cake for a gay wedding or photograph the event, the students concluded that that Christian should be so compelled by law.

It’s clear that some of the students were a bit uncomfortable with the obvious contradiction, but took the position that the Christian should be compelled to act contrary to his or her religious beliefs, but the Muslim should not be so required by law.

If you wonder why there are problems with religious liberties in this country, this video will give you a good idea.

Source: Alliance Defending Freedom