RE: Christian couple told they can't adopt due to their views on homosexuality.
March 1, 2011 at 12:48 pm
I love the hypocritical nature of some atheists in these forums. Most of you would gladly accept secularism as a good form of government since it separates church and state, and yet most of you support the rejection of Christians from being foster carers or adoption parents because they have beliefs that don't gel with your own, or indeed, with most of society.
Guess what people? Secularism is separation of church and state. That means the church doesn't get to influence the government, and the government doesn't get to deny people privileges because of their religious beliefs (whether they be atheist, Christian, jew, etc). There is no stipulation (nor should there be) that foster parents or adoption parents are not allowed to teach their children about their beliefs, just as there is no stipulation that normal parents cannot teach their own children about their beliefs.
The government isn't in the business of creating and upholding morals. The government should create and uphold laws, and one of those laws is the protection of religious beliefs. The government should no more deny a homophobic religious person the chance of adopting a child as it should an anti-religious homosexual. People's beliefs should be protected under the law, end of.
Guess what people? Secularism is separation of church and state. That means the church doesn't get to influence the government, and the government doesn't get to deny people privileges because of their religious beliefs (whether they be atheist, Christian, jew, etc). There is no stipulation (nor should there be) that foster parents or adoption parents are not allowed to teach their children about their beliefs, just as there is no stipulation that normal parents cannot teach their own children about their beliefs.
The government isn't in the business of creating and upholding morals. The government should create and uphold laws, and one of those laws is the protection of religious beliefs. The government should no more deny a homophobic religious person the chance of adopting a child as it should an anti-religious homosexual. People's beliefs should be protected under the law, end of.
