Senator Harry Reid’s statement on marriage equality

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After President Obama's historic declaration of support for marriage equality, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement of his own. Recall that Senator Reid is a practicing Mormon - I think that this statement draws a careful line between his personal religious convictions and his liberal political principles. My personal belief is that marriage is between a man and a woman. But in a civil society, I believe that people should be able to marry whomever they want, and it’s no … [Read more...]

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Hello, Patheos community! This is exciting :) I'm grateful for the opportunity and the invitation to blog here at Patheos' Faith and Politics channel and figured I'd start things out with a "Hello, World". My aim here is to blog about politics rather than religion, though I approach the topic from my religious perspective, as an orthodox muslim and a social liberal. Reconciling these identities into a coherent narrative is a challenge, but I've been blogging for long enough that I think I've … [Read more...]