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@Reality I find it interesting that I took some time to write a response to your original post, yet you chose to ignore it and personally attack someone else, while ignoring the points I raised. One would have to ask themselves why this is. Is it that you lack the academic ability to respond to a reasoned and logic based statement? Or is it that you might think that I am not Paul Auger as the screen name at the top of my posts clearly states I am? Perhaps you wrongly assume I am Councilwoman Vella-Wilkinson in some kind of digital disguise. I assure you I am not Ms. Vella-Wilkinson I am Paul Auger. As I said I testified that night. In my testimony I spoke of the fact that more time would not change the pro/con ratio. I also spoke of the fact that this was a legal debate not a theological issue. I went on to say that if we are going to work for religious liberty we need to advocate for religious liberty for ALL, including those who hold sincerely held religious beliefs that say same sex couples should be married and to deny clergy the right to do so restricts THEIR religious freedom, especially since the bill propose contains a section that makes it clear that NO clergy would be forced to perform a rite that goes against their religious traditions. Finally I went on to talk about the scary thing I have noticed over the past 30 years, that we are seeing ONE religious group try to dictate the behavior of ALL citizens based on their doctrine, even if some citizens do not adhere to their dogma. Tobin is a prime example of this. He never comments as a private citizen, which he has every right to do. He always uses his title of "Bishop" when he comments on civil law, This is am attempt to do 2 things.

1 This attempts to make civil law confirm to church law. Forcing all people to follow church law, church members or not.

2. There are members of his church that will go along with him just because of his title. There is a certain element of FEAR here. Tobin uses his title and the mythology of the church even if he dose not do so explicitly, to corroces and intimidate his flock.

We have seen these same behaviors in the religious leaders of other countries. They want to force all people to follow church law by making church law civil law. These same leaders use their place of authority and their myths to intimidate members of their faith community. We see this is the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Before anyone asks, YES I am comparing the religious right including Evangelicals and Catholics to the Taliban. YES I am comparing Evangelical leaders and others like Bishop Tobin to the leaders of Al Qaeda. Am I saying we are at the same point they are right NOW? No, not YET. At the same time if we don't keep this in check we WILL end up there.

If you want to see MY testimony please go to http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/31170369 and move the video player to 2:10. As you will see I am Paul Auger as you will see I spell my name out A-U-G-E-R., the same as above my post. I use my real name here and am willing to take reasonability for my comments can you say the same?