BIGOTED, SCHMIGOTED: David Benkof replies to Arturo Fernandez

Arturo Fernandez writes: "It is shocking and blatantly bigoted if you wouldn't change your stance if 100 studies showed that there was no harm in children being raised by same-sex couples."

The dictionary defines bigoted as "Obstinately and blindly attached to some creed, opinion practice, or ritual; unreasonably devoted to a system or party, and illiberal toward the opinions of others."

As an Orthodox Jew, I guess I could be accused of being obstinately (although not blindly) attached to the values, beliefs, and rituals of my faith. And remember, this is a hypothetical that assumes 100 studies show no differences... but yes, in that case I'd still oppose same-sex baby-making (and marriage) because my worldview is not rooted in empirical science. Maybe yours is, and that's OK.

But what you're saying to me, when it comes right down to it, is that people with strong religious convictions should ignore the teachings of their faiths if today's scientists and scholars contradict them.

That attitude effectively disenfranchises huge swaths of the American public. Do you really mean to go there?
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