This is what I thought religion was about

A clergy group aims to block the gay marriage amendment:

An interfaith coalition of clergy members and lay leaders announced a petition drive on Monday aimed at blocking a proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.

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Among those represented by the coalition are clergy members and groups affiliated with mainline Protestant churches; the Interfaith Alliance; Jewish groups including the Anti-Defamation League, the Union for Reform Judaism and the National Council of Jewish Women; Sikh groups; and the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

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The clergy members at the news conference on Monday said that although the groups opposing the amendment were not of one mind on homosexuality or same-sex marriage, passage of the amendment would give deference to a single point of view and would make the Constitution an instrument of discrimination against a class of citizens.

“When one group is singled out for discrimination, it’s not long before other groups will be singled out, too,” said Rabbi Craig Axler of Congregation Beth Or in Maple Glen, Pa. “It’s the first time we see the Constitution in danger of enshrining discrimination against one party, one class, and to remain silent as a Jew is unconscionable.”

At least this group appears to understand the foundational morality within their respective faiths, something fundamentalists have forgotten in lieu of practicing outright hatred, intolerance, bigotry, prejudice, and self-proclaimed superiority.

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