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If you were reading Camels With Hammers regularly before we made the move to Freethought Blogs, you would have frequently been treated to the long, insightful, and vigorously argued comments of my friend Mary. Mary is a Roman Catholic and is politically liberal in many (but not all) respects. We met when I was a [...]
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“Should Catholic Employers Be Exempted From Paying For Health Insurance Covering Contraception?”
February 5th, 2012 
Daniel Fincke 
Posted in Applied Ethics, Applied Ethics, Authoritarianism, Authoritarianism, Authority, Authority, Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Christianity, Christianity, Cultural Secularism, Cultural Secularism, Feminism, Feminism, News Discussion, News Discussion, Personal, Philosophy, Political Secularism, Political Secularism, Politics, Politics, Religious Moderates, Religious Moderates, Religious Secularism, Religious Secularism, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church, Secularism, Separation of Church and State, Separation of Church and State, Women's Rights, Women's Rights, Women's Rights, Women's Rights, Women's Issues 
Tags: 1st Amendment, Affordable Care Act, Catholics and Obamacare, Conscience Exemptions, Discrimination, Freedom of Religion, Mary C. Young, obamacare, Obamacare and Contraception, Religious Discrimination, Reproductive Rights, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Universities 
48 Comments »U.S. Bishops Argue Employers Should Be Allowed To Consider Being Gay A Fireable Offense
June 3rd, 2010 Daniel Fincke The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote a letter addressed to the United States Congress people opposing ENDA, the Employment Nondiscrimination Act For the sake of clarity, permit us first to state two basic tenets of Catholic Church teaching on this issue. First, persons with a homosexual inclination “must be accepted with respect, compassion, [...]
Posted in Andrew Sullivan, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Religious Secularism, Right Wing Politics, Roman Catholic Church, Same Sex Marriage, Separation of Church and State Tags: Anti-discrimination Laws, Discrimination, Employment Nondiscrimination Act, enda, H.R. 3017, Senate (S. 1584), United States Bishops No Comments »“The Closet Game!”
May 21st, 2010 Daniel Fincke ZJ responds to Steve King’s oblivious and cruel suggestion to the effect that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act would not be necessary if only gays, lesbians and the transgendered would stay in the closet: Your Thoughts?
Posted in Civil Rights, Gay Rights, Homophobia, Homosexuality, Law, Law & Politics, LGBTQAA, Politics, Right Wing Politics, Videos Tags: anti-gay conservatives, bigotry, bisexual, businesses, closeted, Discrimination, employees, employers, employment, enda, Family Research Council, firing, frc, gender identity, glbt, glbtq, heterosexual, hiring, Homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, in the closet, iowa congressman, Law, lesbian, LGBT, lgbtq, non-discrimination act, openly gay, promotion decisions, queer, representative, sexual orientation, Sexuality, Steve King, straight, Transgender, zinnia jones, zj, ZJemptv No Comments »Silent Partners
July 18th, 2009 Daniel Fincke A new documentary Silent Partner profiles gay partners of military personnel who have to go back into the closet to protect their partners’ careers in the military: Ben Cartwright has been a passionate advocate for gay rights for 12 years. He is a regular at gay pride marches, has a pod-cast and writes for a [...]
Posted in Film, Gay Rights, Homosexuality, News Tags: "Silent Partner", Discrimination, Don't Ask Don't Tell No Comments »
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