There's a fundamental issue here. Nobody should ever be forced to pay for something which then discriminates against them. If a church accepts federal tax money as part of a "faith based initiative" they should not be allowed to choose who that money goes to on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, or orientation.
I guess the more time I spend here, the more I realize that that is my main issue. I'm pretty moderate on most issues, and fairly conservative on some (I'm lookin' at you, IR), but I just can't get over the systemic discrimination in this country.
If wanting equal rights for women, and African-Americans, and Latinos, and any other group here in America makes me a liberal, than I guess that's what I am, because if we were all made by G-d to be able to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, then everyone deserves an equal chance, just like G-d intended. And I am not being sarcastic.
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