Bobby Jindal Gets It
April 23, 2015
Bill Donohue comments on Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's
op-ed in today'sNew York Times:
Governor Bobby Jindal is more than a practicing Catholic—he is a man who will
not change his "faith-driven view" of marriage, even if other public
officials are willing to do so. Nor should he. His statement today on behalf of
marriage (properly understood) and conscience rights is superb. He is both a
defender of religious liberty and an opponent of unjust discrimination.
Jindal is going to pursue legislation that would insulate individuals and
institutions from government coercion on the subject of marriage. To be exact,
he would allow them to exercise their deeply held religious convictions on the
institution of marriage with impunity. Nothing he is proposing would create a
new right to discriminate: gays and lesbians would live as freely as they do now.
What would change is the authority of the government to invoke sanctions
against those who hold to the Judeo-Christian understanding of marriage, and
who do not want to affirm alternatives to it.
Perhaps the boldest, and most refreshing, part of Jindal's essay is his
willingness to publicly chastise corporations: from Wal-Mart to Wall Street
they have jumped on board the gay-marriage bandwagon, thus aligning themselves
with the traditional enemies of religious liberty.
The problem with many Republicans, and some conservatives, is that they are
only committed to Two "M's": markets and missiles. To be sure, a
market economy is vastly superior to socialism, and a strong national defense
is critical to the maintenance of a free society. But there is a Third
"M" that is also indispensable: morality. A free society depends as
much on the virtue of its citizens as it does any factor.
Governor Jindal embraces the Three "M's." He gets it. Hopefully he
will inspire others to get it as well.
Bobby Jindal: I’m Holding Firm Against Gay Marriage
BATON ROUGE, La. — THE
debate over religious liberty in America presents conservatives and
business leaders with a crucial choice.
In Indiana and Arkansas, large
corporations recently joined left-wing activists to bully elected officials
into backing away from strong protections for religious liberty. It
was disappointing to see conservative leaders so hastily retreat on
legislation that would simply allow for an individual or business to claim a
right to free exercise of religion in a court of law.
Our country was founded on the principle of religious
liberty, enshrined in the Bill of Rights. Why shouldn’t an individual or
business have the right to cite, in a court proceeding, religious liberty as a
reason for not participating in a same-sex marriage ceremony that
violates a sincerely held religious belief?
That is what Indiana and Arkansas sought to
do. That political leaders in both states quickly cowered amid the shrieks of
big business and the radical left should alarm us all.
Read at: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/opinion/bobby-jindal-im-holding-firm-against-gay-marriage.html?ref=opinion&_r=0
