Bill Corrie

Mrs. Knebel
Enriched Senior Composition
14 October 2014
Conscientious Objections
Bobby Ross Jr., writer of Gay Marriage Could Infringe on Religious Liberties,
has stated that gay marriage opponents should shift partially from total blocking of
gay marriage to limiting their effectiveness. He proceeds to discuss with many
members of various religious organizations and church officials about the topic of
gay marriage and the types of liberties religious organizations have that could be
infringed upon. These include, according to Ross, the right to refuse to allow a gay
couple to adopt a child or be a foster parent, the right to refuse homosexuals from
their membership, and to disallow any gay person from using the services of any
faith-based organization. He wants the wording as well to be firm making sure
almost anyone with conscientious objections, especially those in the marriage
industry, can refuse a gay couple. Ross goes on to talk about the greater
implications of this change, including destroying the right of religious organizations
to not hire or fire someone for being gay.
Now that the objective part of this essay is over I have to say one thing
before I can go on to my response to the article. Ive never seen such
sanctimonious bullshit in an argument that actually looks halfway sensible. This
article is filled with faux-logic and the opinions of obviously biased people. I have

written articles advocating gay marriage and my church liked it, so dont generalize
the whole of faith and their organizations as opposed to gay marriage.
One of the most infuriating and the least understandable in my eyes is that
the whole time the adoption agency, which closed its doors after a gay marriage law
was passed, talks about conscientious objections those objections are? There
appear to be multiple but the only one voiced is our sexuality, because thats their
only objection. If a man and a woman walked into the organization and were drug
dealers theyd be more likely to be able to adopt a child than two men who both had
steady jobs and a good income. Does that sound in any way fair? Theyd rather
consider a bad heterosexual home than a good homosexual home; it would seem as
though to them there are no good homosexual homes.
The ONLY concession that can be made for this argument is that of not having
churches be forced to host a gay marriage because that is something that can be
easily avoided and does not hinder any gay rights to ensure religious ones. For
those in the gay community who think even this is too much, why is that? I can only
think of going somewhere to get married when they dont want me is spiteful and
were supposed to be the better people here, leave the taunting to the Westboro
Baptist Church.
After reading this essay I was almost physically sick, this essay calmly
promotes complete persecution of gay people, it states it without ranting or raving
which is normal and easy to ignore. It tries to use common sense to promote and
defend the bias against the LGBT community. This is not something I could ever
stand with and I hope this opinion dies with the coming generation.