Pastor wants bias law repealed
Posted on January 21st, 2007 by Diogenes into the Uncategorized categoryKen Hutcherson, senior pastor at Redmond's Antioch Bible Church, filed an initiative Friday to repeal a state law banning discrimination against gays and lesbians.
The law, passed early last year, adds sexual orientation to a state law that bans discrimination based on race, gender, religion and other categories.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003533186_dige20m.html?syndication=rss
This is going to be interesting. Can a legislature pass a law that forces churches to hire Gays and Lesbians, even if homosexuality is prohibited by that church's teachings? How will the separation of church and state be affected by this?
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January 22nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Diogenes:
Nooooo! Religious organizations are exempt from all of the non-discrimination legislation I’m aware of. Equal Rights Washington addresses this concern in their 2005 FAQ (pdf):
The separation of church and state is not all under threat by expanding non-discrimination laws. Unfortunately, many anti-gay, religious Right groups propogate the notion that non-discrimination/hate crime laws will persecute conservative Christians.