BELIEVERS: Which Human Rights that currently exist or are under consideration do you oppose?

Question

I imagine that they include:

*the gay people not to suffer discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodation;

*same-sex marriage;

*a woman's right to choose to remain pregnant or not;

*the rights of people not to have their taxes support religion.

However, I could be wrong, and you may have other rights that you oppose.

So which Human Rights do you oppose based on religious grounds?

Answer 1

This is, quite frankly, another example of flame-baiting. It asks a question based on two fundamentally (no pun intended) incorrect premises:

1) Because a person believes something is wrong, other people should not have the right to decide for themselves if the thing is wrong, and

2) Because something is listed as a Human Right it should be universally accepted as morally and ethically correct in any circumstance.

This is the intellectual equivalent of asking people of faith "When did you stop beating your spouse?" The fact that you don't want to recognize other options doesn't mean that people of faith are evil, but it is an indication that you may be taking a narrow-minded point of view toward a group of people. Most people would call that bigotry, if it weren't aimed at people of faith.

But to return to your simplistic question, there are things that are currently considered human rights that I disagree with. I believe the right to choose whether or not to be pregnant, for example, should be made before the event, and that executing the child in a pregnancy is not a rational course of action. I am on the fence regarding same-sex marriage because it is ethically ambivalent. For example, if a man can marry another man, why shouldn't that other man be his brother? If a woman can marry another woman, is there some reason that the other woman shouldn't be her widowed or divorced mother? If we are going to start addressing marriage as a purely economic function, these issues are going to have to be addressed.

I am in agreement with "the rights of people not to have their taxes support religion", though, and would like to see this codified as soon as possible. The moment any organization starts taking federal money they start getting tied up in federal regulations. I'm not sure I would wish that mess on the Church of Satan.

So I hope we've all learned something here today but, sadly, no soup for you.

Answer 2

I am a believer (just not in christianity) and I feel everyone has the right to marry whomever they choose as long as they are of legal consenting age, a woman's body is her own and decisions about it are hers to make, tax money should not be used to support religion and that includes Bush's Faith Based Initiative, and discrimination regarding sexual preference should never be tolerated.

Answer 3

I'm no longer Christian, but I do hate to see people generalizing *all* Christians like so. I know my family brought me up to believe gay marriage was perfectly acceptable, because it's not a choice.

As far as woman pregnancy goes, that varies from one individual to another. Personally, I am against it, not because it is "murder", but because it encourages teenagers to live recklessly, and not have to think about the consequences of their actions. Now, given certain context (ie. rape), then yes, it should b a viable option. But in the case of normal relations, no, I do not think it should be an option.

Also, I have never liked the idea of religion affecting people who choose not to. So taxing people for something they don't believe in is definitely a bad idea.

Answer 4

I oppose the right to universal health care. This is a slippery slope that does nothing for health care but does take away our freedoms.

While universal health care may sound good on the surface, once you dig in to what it actually means and what it will cost it is staggering to think that ANYONE would want this.

We already have indigent care, and hospitals are required to treat emergencies even if they KNOW they will never get paid.

Anyone who has had to use this law to get health care knows just how bad indigent care is. It is the bare minimum. BUT, if you run the numbers, you will find that universal health care is simply indigent care where the hospitals are paid out our taxes after the politicians skim off what they feel is due them. It is equal only because health care will be equally bad.

Do you really think the rich are going to give up their private doctors and hospitals? Do you think the Congress themselves will be obligated to go to the local public hospital under a universal health care plan?

This is one of the greatest threats facing our country right now, and it is all about political power and has nothing to do with actually providing health care.

Answer 5

I believe that gay marriage is against God, but so is discrimination against gays when it comes to jobs, housing, health insurance, and other rights that should be guaranteed to all Americans and all over the world.

Answer 6

I believe that what we call human rights is just a label signifying nothing, Malcolm X stated that democracy was hypocrisy! In a democracy all should have the same rights and should not have demonstrate or picket for them. I can not be equal until you are equal and all of us is equal. Justice is suppose to be blind within a democracy but she can see through the see Thur nylons that she is suppose to be blinded by.

Answer 7

As a Christian, I oppose any and all Human Rights that mitigate against Human Responsibilities towards the well-being of other Humans (including embryos). My religious grounds? 'Do unto others as you would have them do unto you' as commanded by Jesus Christ. Put others first, in other words! (Which negates the whole principle behind Human Rights legislation.)

Answer 8

not necessarily for 'religious' reasons, but i am strongly opposed to the "pro-choice" thing. it is not the woman's body that is being dealt with, but that of the child. a baby is being destroyed and will not be allowed to live because of its selfish mother who would not have been killed by the baby herself. if there is no other choice due to medical reasons, that is different. but in the case of a self-loving idiot woman who simply does not want to be a parent at the moment, it is disgusting and completely wrong. why not just have the child and then hack it to pieces one day while it is sleeping in the crib? i see no difference, really. out of sight, out of mind? people are so stupid sometimes... it really gets to me.

Answer 9

I let the judging be done by God. If he exists in ones mind. Each person must make their own choices.

Answer 10

I believe there are also some of the radical right who oppose contraception.