[Unam Sanctam]

LaBarbera argues politicians who don't view homosexuality as a sin have no right to take away the freedom of churches and people of faith to disagree. "Since when do politicians get to interpret sacred religious teachings for the rest of us?" he said.

Precisely. Hopefully, the court will overturn this statute's application to religious institutions on Constitutional grounds.

[DBeers]

Precisely. Hopefully, the court will overturn this statute's application to religious institutions on Constitutional grounds.

And let us also hope at a minimum the Church prelates in Illinois are not satisfied with an exemption compromise alone.

Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on Non-discrimination of Homosexual Persons

"Finally, where a matter of the common good is concerned, it is inappropriate for church authorities to endorse or remain neutral toward adverse legislation even if it grants exceptions to church organizations and institutions. The church has the responsibility to promote family life and the public morality of the entire civil society on the basis of fundamental moral values, not simply to protect herself from the application of harmful laws (cf. No. 17)."