The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
The only example he gave were government employees not having the right to refuse to serve gay couples. Are there any other issues except for this one? For instant did any Catholic refuse to go to Iraq because the Catholic Church condemned the war, did any Catholic refuse to pay taxes in a country that has capital punishment or did any Catholic refused to engage in union bashing because of the Church's support of workers to unionize. Is it only the gays where people assert their religious rights?
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Rationalist: I posted this article because I think that there is some merit in its central premise, not because I think the example given is necessarily correct. I agree with you that the example given in the article hardly can be called religious persecution. If someone works for the State then they are obliged to fulfill the requirements of the job. If they cannot in good conscience do so, then they should find another job. This clearly applies in the case of the civil registration of same-sex marriages.
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