The religious test

Rob at Waking Up Now has posted another wonderful piece in response to the teacup storm NOM and others are desperately trying to whip up over public servants not wanting to do their jobs (see his excellent earlier comments here).

He suggests a new "talking point":

In New York, you’ve got state employees demanding you pass their personal religious test before they’ll help you. That’s not religious freedom. In fact, it’s the opposite.

It’s quick, to the point, and true. If I were to point out a key phrase, it would be pass their personal religious test, as in:

    * Should you have to pass some bureaucrat’s personal religious test before you get the services your tax dollars paid for?

    [snip]

And if you want to take the conversation further, offer hypotheticals that have nothing to do with gays.

    * Do you want a Town Clerk refusing a marriage license to an interfaith couple because they don’t pass his personal religious test?

    * Do you want a city official turning down your permit for a public gathering because you’ll have dancing and that doesn’t pass her personal religious test?

    * Do you want the zoning committee to turn down your church’s building permit because your faith doesn’t pass their personal religious test?

Go and read the whole thing.