Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Religious Freedom
At a debate about the marriage amendment the other night in Manassas, Bruce Roemmelt -- a retired firefighter, a Unitarian and the Democratic challenger who lost to Marshall in last year's legislative election -- said this vote is about protecting "religious rights."
"My minister is protected in her right to consecrate relationships as our faith interprets them," Roemmelt said. "Under the constitution of Virginia right now, my church gets to do as it believes, and Bob's church gets to do as it believes. We should be dealing with marriages in our churches."
"My minister is protected in her right to consecrate relationships as our faith interprets them," Roemmelt said. "Under the constitution of Virginia right now, my church gets to do as it believes, and Bob's church gets to do as it believes. We should be dealing with marriages in our churches."
