Thursday, February 5, 2009
Religion, Obama, and Discrimination
The article I chose to follow up on its analysis was one on how government spending shouldn’t be used by churches that discriminate when hiring against homosexuals and others whose life style is contrary to that of the church. The article mentioned that there needs to be a decision made when discussing this topic on whether or not the government will allow for this to continue. The analysis that was given to this article was that of a very bias opinion. A man by the name of Paul stated very strongly that the President Obama should make a stand and stop funding, and by extension, endorsing churches that discriminate when hiring. He mentioned that this should be a non-issue “for a man of color”. It was apparent that this man’s purpose for commenting on the subject was to convince others of the truthfulness of his opinion. He would have had more success if he would have taken a more understanding approach rather than that of a closed mind.
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I agree, when people just want to prove that they are right it almost makes us want to prove that they are wrong, even if we don't agree with the topic. It's interesting to see the different reactions people have to Obama and his race and stance on things.
According to current laws, any organization that discriminates in its hiring practices cannot recieve funding. I believe that for the most part this is an excellent law. Though I do not condone homosexual behavior, I do not believe in other forms of discrimination, and by denying government funds to certain organizations discrimination is detered.
It sounds like the author wrote in a way that would turn the reader off. This definately is not a good way to get his point across.
This is an interesting subject because it attempts to balance many sensitive issues: Separation of church and state and tolerance. Can the government punish a church who does not believe in homosexuality for not hiring someone of that sexuality? I don't really know. Also, don't churches discriminate all of the time? I mean, even the LDS church, although we don't actively persecute anyone, we do have restrictions as to whom can become members of our church. I mean yeah, technically anyone can become a member, but only as long as they change their present behaviors and conform.
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