Barack calls gay marriage “a social issue.”
He’s wrong. It’s a religious matter.
Some people want the law to deny rights
to neighbors their faith says are sinful.
One marriage has no impact on another.
Each is an assumption of responsibilities
entitling partners to privileges granted them
by civil laws, but withheld from single people.
Abortion is another right some religious folks
want limited because their personal faith
considers it is a sin. Barack calls it “social,”
but many consider it personal and private.
Faith-based definitions of when a fetus
becomes a “person” don’t justify enslaving
women. The interests of society shouldn’t
arise until the baby can live outside the womb.