The campaign: Religion, rights
Re “Will gay rights trample religious freedom?” Opinion, June 17
People who claim they want a constitutional ban on gay marriage for religious reasons do not seem to understand that they (unconstitutionally) seek to force their religion on people who may not share their beliefs.
It really doesn’t matter to a nonbeliever what the Bible says about gay marriage. The issue is moot to us.
Why should people who aren’t religious live by biblical edicts?
Either religious opponents of gay marriage haven’t thought this through, or they are hiding their bigotry behind a thin veil of faith.
Kari Tervo
Los Angeles
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Re “Churches plan a big push against same-sex marriage,” Aug. 24
I won’t presume to lecture non-Christians on their faiths, but as a lapsed Catholic, I’m slightly familiar with the New Testament.
Jesus spends a tiny bit of New Testament time on homosexuality, but you want to know what he was really tough on? Divorce.
So where’s the proposition to ban divorce? Mobilize a million people over a proposition that bans straight divorce, one that really keeps families together, and I’ll give up my right to gay marriage.
John Rabe
Cypress Park
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The writer is the host of the “Off-Ramp” program on KPCC-FM (89.3).
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