Comments on: Michele Bachmann, Enemy of Religious Freedom

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 16:21:15 +0000

A wedding is not a marriage. People can have any kind of ceremony they want. Whether the government recognized it legally is another matter entirely.

But it seems some commanders have already misinterpreted the policy and think that just because a state doesn’t recognize same-sex marriages, having a ceremony isn’t allowed either:
http://www.csindy.com/colorado/wedding-bell-blues/Content?oid=2385365

By: Lindoro Almaviva

Lindoro Almaviva — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:37:38 +0000

I am so done with this woman. If I run into her the day of final judgement k will file a complaint because it was too soon

By: Shofixti

Shofixti — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:54:56 +0000

It’s amazing how salient this contradiction is, and amazing still how effortlessly it can be ignored when certain social norms prevail.

By: Ray Harwick

Ray Harwick — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:50:33 +0000

I wish I felt comfortable enough to open up my Facebook page to all the places I haunt so people could see the reaction I get from my “friends” when I share these articles.

Profound…

Silence.

Not a single blip of compassion.

Not a iota of anger.

Not even a smidgeon of shock or disgust.

Help me out here. Are my friends and family too fearful of losing their jobs, or their friends to assert themselves?

I started Happy Hour an hour early today, probably so I could ask this question.

By: Charles

Charles — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:18:24 +0000

Who is Michelle Bachmann? Her presidential bid is over. Her 15 minutes of fame is over. The same with Santorum.

By: A reader

A reader — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:53:36 +0000

Maybe one of her issues is that the policy refers to the minister as “a military chaplain” rather than as “a person in his private life”, and likewise in regard to “federal” employees (and “gay” troops). Perhaps something along the lines of “a person who happens to be employed by the federal government but is acting in his private capacity rather than as a military or federal representative” might make her just a little happier for the few seconds it would take to read the extra words. Or maybe not.

By: Christopher Eberz

Christopher Eberz — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:56:29 +0000

Aw dang, turns out that the actual principe religious freedom really apply when it doesn’t serve an anti-LGBT motive. This is my shocked face.

By: Ben In Oakland

Ben In Oakland — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:29:09 +0000

at long last, has she no shame?

By: GDad

GDad — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:11:47 +0000

To answer your final question, “No.” And negligible integrity, also.

By: Timothy Kincaid

Timothy Kincaid — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:41:49 +0000

amen