[Magdalen] Scripture Study Redux

[Eleanor Braun]

John Roberts is Roman Catholic, according to Wikipedia.

Eleanor

On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:29 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Indeed. What "faith" does Roberts claim to practice? I've forgotten. I know
> Scalia and Alito are dinosaur Catholics, and I believe Thomas belongs to
> one of the AMIA outfits.
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:19 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, “Unfortunately, people of faith
> > can take no comfort in the treatment they receive from the majority
> today.”
> >
> > As a person of faith, I resent that he assumptiously speaks for me.
> >
> > Grace, peace, and grrr,
> > brud
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Learn something new every day -- the Scripture passages used against
> LGBT
> > > people are called "Clobber Passages."
> > >
> > > From the moment the Supreme Court ruled last month in favor of a
> > > constitutional right to same-sex marriage, opponents placed the
> decision
> > in
> > > a very specific analytical frame. Here, they contended, was an
> egregious
> > > example of secular culture triumphing over religious values and
> religious
> > > freedom.
> > >
> > > “Profoundly immoral and unjust,” the United States Conference of
> Catholic
> > > Bishops said in a statement. The Orthodox Union, the national
> association
> > > of Orthodox Jewish congregations, declared its “emphatic” and
> > “unalterable”
> > > religious opposition to same-sex marriage. The prominent evangelist
> > > Franklin Graham reiterated that God had created marriage between man
> and
> > > woman and said, “His decisions are not subject to review or revision by
> > any
> > > man-made court.”
> > >
> > > In the dissenting opinions in the 5-to-4 vote, justices seemed to
> > > anticipate the battles to come over adherence to the law by individuals
> > and
> > > institutions that doctrinally oppose same-sex marriage. Justice
> Clarence
> > > Thomas noted the “potentially ruinous consequences for religious
> > liberty,”
> > > while Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote, “Unfortunately, people
> of
> > > faith can take no comfort in the treatment they receive from the
> majority
> > > today.”
> > >
> > > Yet the discussion of secularism versus religion is incomplete. It
> > ignores
> > > or elides the growing number of theologians and religious scholars in a
> > > range of faiths who, over a half-century, have been assembling and
> > > espousing scriptural arguments in favor of gay rights and ultimately
> > > marriage equality. The debate about same-sex marriage that has gotten
> too
> > > little attention is the intrareligious one.
> > >
> > > Well worth the read at:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/us/push-within-religions-for-gay-marriage-gets-little-attention.htmlCheers
> > > ,
> > > Jim
> > >
> > > "The enemy isn’t liberalism;
> > > the enemy isn’t conservatism.
> > > The enemy, is baloney." - Lars Erik Nelson
> > >
> >
>