Thread by @AkivaMCohen

The "anti-LGBTQ bigots" in question routinely certify single LGBTQ applicants as foster parents, and won't certify cohabiting-but-unmarried hetero parents. Whatever you think of their refusal to certify married LGBTQ parents, it's not about bigotry

https://twitter.com/AngryBlackLady/status/1405624970114310146

And yes, their position that those married LGBTQ parents aren't "really married" for their purposes is discriminatory and painful. But they're a catholic organization applying catholic doctrine, and the burden on those parents (who are referred to and certified by another agency)

is relatively small, especially compared to the burden on religion that would obtain in forcing a religious institution to affirm a status their religion rejects.

People seem to think "religious freedom" ought to mean "you have the freedom to privately believe what you want, and publicly practice only those things that society agrees with"

That's not religious freedom.

And no, religious freedom can't be completely unlimited! "But my religion calls for human sacrifice" can't provide an exception to laws against murder. But the balance also can't simply be "well, if its illegal you can't do it, religion or no"

Add this to the list of things that are (1) really important and (2) don't have easy answers. And believe me, I'd love it if all the really important things had easy answers. But competing and important imperatives are a thing in the real world. We'll all be better off if we

stop letting people with agendas pretend that they aren't.