{"id":9085,"date":"2013-01-31T14:36:01","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T21:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/?p=9085"},"modified":"2013-01-31T14:36:01","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T21:36:01","slug":"will-colorados-civil-unions-bill-encourage-religious-persecution-if-it-passes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/publiccatholic\/2013\/01\/will-colorados-civil-unions-bill-encourage-religious-persecution-if-it-passes\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Colorado’s Civil Unions Bill Encourage Religious Persecution If It Passes?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Opponents of Colorado\u2019s proposed civil unions law raised concerns about the law being used limit religious freedom at a rally against the measure January 25. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Similar laws in other states have been used to force Catholic agencies to shut down. <\/p>\n

What that says to me is that these concerns are legitimate. <\/p>\n

A CNA\/EWTN News article describing the rally says in part:<\/p>\n

Denver, Colo., Jan 26, 2013 \/ 06:02 am (CNA\/EWTN News).- Around 200 opponents of a Colorado civil unions bill rallied at the state capitol Jan. 25, warning that the legislation not only redefines marriage but could shut down Catholic adoption agencies in the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand up today because we see that the real goal of civil union legislation is social endorsement of same-sex unions, and soon enough, the redefinition of marriage,\u201d said rally speaker Kate Sweeney, assistant director of the Colorado-based Catholic women\u2019s group ENDOW.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose with same-sex attraction have the right to live as they choose. But they do not have the right to redefine marriage for the rest of us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Monsignor Thomas Fryar, the moderator of the curia for the Archdiocese of Denver, warned that the bill put religious freedom at risk.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been involved in the state of Colorado for over 80 years in helping to take care of the children of our community and make sure they are placed in adoption and foster care in good, healthy, wholesome settings, for the good of our society,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Similar laws in other states forced the Catholic Church to end these programs.(Read more here<\/a>.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opponents of Colorado\u2019s proposed civil unions law raised concerns about the law being used limit religious freedom at a rally against the measure January 25. Similar laws in other states have been used to force Catholic agencies to shut down. What that says to me is that these concerns are legitimate. 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