The Test Act is back!
A Christian magistrate, Andrew McClintock, has lost his case to be excused from cases which might require him to adopt children in to same-sex households. He suggests that the ruling is like a re-imposition a Test Act of the 17th century which ensured that only those who shared the religion of the state could be in public employment. This modern imposition of a Test-Act-by-stealth will ensure that all those in public office will be forced to concur with the secular 'new morality'.
This ruling advances the principle that no public employees are allowed, in conscience, to opt out of what amounts to a state-sponsored social experiment. It is the conviction of many - both with and without stong religious convictions, and supported by the science available - that a child's interests are best met by having both a mother and a father rather than two parents of the same sex. The law is being used to force Mr McClintock to act in a way that he believes not to be in a child's best interests. This is another worrying example of the insidious advance of secular totalitarianism. For more information on the ruling see here.
4 comments:
Good post.
The science available resoundingly says that children raised in same sex households are as well (if not better) off than those raised in heterosexual households. Just google "gay parents" or read studies like those referred to in the link here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/16/gay-parents-better-than-straights_n_1208659.html
If one is going to position oneself as an educated authority on a subject, as you do on gay parenting in more than one of your posts, it would be graceful (Christian, even...)to at least accurately represent the facts.
Thank you, Dennis, for drawing attention to the HP article and the studies cited. You may be convinced, but I'm afraid I find them far from persuasive. You will find a useful review of the current state of research here: http://www.scribd.com/doc/28288701/Review-Of-Research-On-Homosexual-Parenting-Adoption-And-Foster-Parenting.
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