Almost two weeks ago the Michigan State Senate passed an anti-bullying bill that exempted those with a “sincerely held…moral conviction." Amy Sullivan reports that this is one exemption believers disapprove of:
After hearing from outraged constituents who didn’t want their state sanctioning the bullying of gay students, from concerned leaders of Michigan’s large Muslim community–who worried that the bill would permit Christian students to target Muslim classmates–and religious leaders of all stripes who said, in effect, don’t do this on our account, the Michigan House of Representatives passed its own version of the anti-bullying bill without a religious exemption.
An interesting twist to this story came courtesy of the Michigan Catholic Conference, which endorsed the original anti-bullying bill (without the religious exemption) over the summer. Once the Senate passed the altered bill with language ostensibly intended to protect the religious liberty of students, the Michigan Catholic Conference withdrew its endorsement.
This is a wonderful example of Christianity defeating Christianism. More please.
The Dish 