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Friday, May 3, 2013

Religious-freedom protections and marriage legislation in Delaware

By Rick Garnett

A number of law professors (including Tom Berg and I) submitted the other day this letter (Download Delaware letter) to legislators in Delaware, urging them "to ensure that any bill legalizing same sex marriage does not infringe the religious liberty of organizations and individuals who have a traditional view of marriage." This letter is similar to the ones -- which have been posted here at MOJ before -- that the group has submitted in several other states.  The letter is basically consistent with the arguments and proposals contained in this recent article, "The Calculus of Accommodation," by Prof. Robin Fretwell Wilson, which I think is very well done.

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With all due respect, Professor Garnett, men and women are designed in such a way that one cannot engage in same-sex sexual acts without demeaning the inherent personal and relational Dignity of the human person who, regardless of ancestry, from the moment of conception, has been created in The Image and Likeness of God, equal in Dignity, while being complementary as male or female. Any bill that condones and affirms same-sex marriage, would violate the inherent Right of all persons to be treated with Dignity and Respect, in private and in public, and thus would be a violation of our unalienable Right to Life, to Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness.

The fact that there are a multitude of persons who do not respect the fact that Marriage exists for the Good of the husband, the Good of the wife, and The Good of the new Family that is created when a man and woman are united as husband and wife, does not change the fact that every State should protect that which is Good for Marriage and The Family.