Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs?

Supreme Court of the United States
 1 First Street, NE
 Washington, DC 20543 

June 7, 2015

The Honorable Chief Justice John G. Roberts

On the brink of a Supreme Court decision on the question of gay rights; permit me to weigh in on the issue.
Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs?
My exposition is not about right or wrong. It is not about moral or immoral. It is not about good or bad neither is it to accept or reject. It is not about who you love or hate.
What I am concerned with is ‘Freedom.’
Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs? 

The homosexual community has been free and has always been free to act on their beliefs. What they are asking is that I must accept their beliefs by law and at the same time suppress my beliefs by law. When personal religious values and beliefs are in play, where does the freedom to practice one’s religion end and equal treatment under the law begin?
Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs?

What the Homosexual community does behind closed doors does not impact society. Therefore society neither has to accept or reject what they do. They are free to act on their beliefs.
However, what heterosexual couples do behind closed doors impacts society on all levels. Whole industries are built around what heterosexuals do behind closed doors. From the morning after and for eighteen years per event society and the economy is impacted by what heterosexuals do behind their closed doors.

Hospitals and medical centers public and private are built taking into account what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
The pharmaceutical industry takes into account what heterosexuals do behind their doors and act as it impact their industries.
The transportation industry plans accommodations for what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
The garment industries have created whole industries that react to the impact of what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
Daycare centers public and private are built to absorb the shock of what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
Preschools and schools public and private are built to accommodate what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
Budget and the economy are planned taking into account the average rate of what heterosexuals are doing behind their doors. 

These and many, many more industries are impacted by the activities of what heterosexuals do behind their doors.
From the morning after, a heterosexual couple ceases to think of themselves only and become mindful of the perpetuation and the preservation of this society and human race.   
The same is not true for a homosexual couple. Their activities do not create or significantly support industries, it does not perpetuate and preserve this society or the human race. While they have the right to act on their belief and to love who they please it should not be imposed by law on society as their activities do not impact society.

While the foregoing is true; what is at stake here is freedom. Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs in order for the homosexual community to act on theirs? Am I free to say, I am sorry I cannot serve you due to my religious beliefs? Can the Homosexual community walk into an institution or establishment which they have no association with and say I want you to do XYZ for me on the penalty of the law? Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs?

For the court to act on the homosexual case before it, even as a civil matter, the court will inadvertently create religious policies. The homosexual community would be able to target and challenge any religious group who disagrees with their behavior and force them under the law even as a civil matter to do their biddings. 

The issue at hand is not about right or wrong. It is not about moral or immoral. It is not about good or bad, neither is it to accept or reject. It is not about who you love or hate but rather about freedom. Am I no longer free to act on my beliefs? Would the court be right in setting a precedent in creating religious policies? 

I thank you for taking your precious time to reading this humble letter and committing the idea to thought. Again thanks for your time.


Sincerely

Ezra Celestin