{"id":6048,"date":"2009-08-04T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/08\/left-hand-meet-right-hand\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:31:31","slug":"left-hand-meet-right-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2009\/08\/left-hand-meet-right-hand.html","title":{"rendered":"Left Hand, Meet Right Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com\/the_daily_dish\/2009\/08\/the-dismantling-of-a-theocon.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Andrew Sullivan assures us<\/a> that the push for gay marriage will never *ever* lead to persecution of Christians.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/timescolumns.typepad.com\/gledhill\/2009\/08\/religious-groups-to-be-forced-to-end-discrimination.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The European anti-discrimination directive <\/a>is now official law.  Governments have two years to implement it.  The UK has just ended its consultation on the matter.  What does it mean?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Roman Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland along with most other Christian groups are upset about the new European anti-discrimination directive. \u2018Homosexual groups campaigning for same sex marriage may declare themselves offended by the presentation of the Catholic Church\u2019s moral teaching on homosexual acts; Catholics may declare themselves offended by a \u2018Gay Pride\u2019 march; an atheist may be offended by religious pictures in art gallery; a Muslim may be offended by any picture representing the human form,\u2019 warn the Catholic bishops. \u2018It is not clear whether \u2018goods and services\u2019 would apply to the activities of a Catholic priest, if, as recently occurred, he were to refuse to take a booking for a Church Hall from a group of witches.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>How do you think this will play out in the Land Where All Religions are Equally Superior to the Catholic Church?  Just ask a Canadian Catholic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Sullivan assures us that the push for gay marriage will never *ever* lead to persecution of Christians. Meanwhile, The European anti-discrimination directive is now official law. Governments have two years to implement it. The UK has just ended its consultation on the matter. What does it mean? 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