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What would you think if a private religious event came to your city, and your city council passed a resolution commending the organizers for bringing the event to town? And applauding what they stood for?
I don't know about you, but I would be appalled. A local government body has no business taking positions on matters of religion.
Do you agree?
Then you should be equally appalled at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Last week, they passed a resolution condemning as an "act of provocation" Battle Cry for a Generation, an evangelical youth event held in ATT Park last weekend.
Yes, it was anti-choice.
Yes, it opposes same-sex marriage.
It doesn't matter. This was a private religious event. Those are religious positions. The Board of Supervisors has no more business condemning the evangelicals than the city council of Houston would have condemning a national meeting of Dignity.
If we progressives believe in the wall that separates church and state, then we damn well better act like it. Tom Ammiano is free to protest all he likes on his own recognizance, but when he speaks in his public capacity as an elected official to condemn people's religious beliefs he crosses a very dangerous line.
I don't know about you, but I would be appalled. A local government body has no business taking positions on matters of religion.
Do you agree?
Then you should be equally appalled at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Last week, they passed a resolution condemning as an "act of provocation" Battle Cry for a Generation, an evangelical youth event held in ATT Park last weekend.
Yes, it was anti-choice.
Yes, it opposes same-sex marriage.
It doesn't matter. This was a private religious event. Those are religious positions. The Board of Supervisors has no more business condemning the evangelicals than the city council of Houston would have condemning a national meeting of Dignity.
If we progressives believe in the wall that separates church and state, then we damn well better act like it. Tom Ammiano is free to protest all he likes on his own recognizance, but when he speaks in his public capacity as an elected official to condemn people's religious beliefs he crosses a very dangerous line.