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This week, we take on one of the most debated topics on the site: gay marriage, religious freedom, and what the issues mean for the future of the Republican Party. We do it with two guests from opposite sides of the issue: Rod Dreher is an author (read his new book How Dante Can Save Your Life: The Life-Changing Wisdom of History's Greatest Poem) columnist, and one of the brightest thinkers in social conservative media. On the other side, Ricochet member Jonathan Gilbert, a gay conservative writer from Los Angeles. What follows is a passionate, intelligent, and (most importantly) respectful discussion on gay marriage, religious freedom, and how the two might coexist. In other words, it's a shining example of what we mean when we say Ricochet is the home of civil conversation. We hope you'll tune in.
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Let's Call The Whole Thing Off by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong
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The Utah compromise will not last. The Gay Marriage fundamentalists will see to that.
Is it just me or did Jonathan mispronounce John Kasich's name? Odd mistake for someone he professes to like...
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I find it more than ironic that Jonathan chooses to wave away the real injustices of people losing their jobs, having their businesses shut down, and having their property get damaged by radical gay rights activists, all abetted by the media, and then claim that someone deserves to be disqualified from public office for not showing enough empathy if he believes that attending a gay wedding is a violation of his religious beliefs.
You see faith and religious conviction are disposable anachronisms. What is really important is that you make everyone feel special and loved. You can ignore the feelings and well-being of people with religious faith because if in your mind you are a bigger victim of society, then their problems don't really mean anything. Their plight should be trivialized as merely a random anomaly. He is so shameless in his hypocrisy he makes the ludicrously presumptuous claim that he's sure Pope Francis is on his side and would happily attend a gay wedding.
But I shouldn't really worry, once Jonathan sees Christians getting beat up in the streets he'll be right there for us. Thanks, Jonathan, you are a man of real principle, that is if one is allowed to confuse empathy with principle and then apply it selectively and self-servingly.
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