Gay Conservative

Okay, my ears are always out ready to defend Christians.  But this one just doesn’t make sense to me.

In Boston, Massachusetts – a man is suing for $9.75 million because he failed the state bar exam.  Why did he fail the state bar exam?  Because he refused to answer a question regarding gay-marriage claiming that it was offensive to his morals.

What’s morals got to do with being a lawyer?  Okay, that was a bad joke.  But seriously, it perplexes me why a man would take the bar or choose to practice law in a state that ruled gay marriage to be a constitutional right?  Then he turns around and wants the state to pay him $9.75 million for being stupid?  Huh!?

This doesn’t look too good for Christians - especially since he will be invoking Christianity into the argument.  THIS is going to give liberals the power to denounce Christians and Republicans (the same thing that others claim Ann Coulter does whenever she makes a comment.).

Now, I firmly disagree with Massachusetts’ courts ruling pro-gay marriage from the bench.  As we all know, it’s a people issue.  It’s not a constitutional right and whenever judges try to force something onto the people, they react.

This man in my opinion is an opportunist.  He will be using the suit to also challenge the constitutionality of gay marriage in Massachusetts which is fine with me.  However; he should not be paid $9.75 million after he made the conscience choice to practice law and to take the bar in a state that had already declared gay-marriage to be a right.

It’s okay to challenge laws that we disagree with but as an attorney for any state one has to realize that their job is to recognize the written laws in their states.  By not acknowledging the law in his state, how can the board be required to just give him a license?

That would be like a Doctor refusing to treat a homosexual because he disagrees with their lifestyle.  That would be like me refusing to answer a question on the CPA exam because I might disagree with a regulation set forth by GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) or by SOX (Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.)  Whatever our profession is, we can agree or disagree with certain laws.  But if we are going to practice those professions, we have to follow the procedures.

I don’t buy that this guy (Stephen Dunne); a man who was educated enough to take the bar, didn’t understand this.  This is pure opportunism and a chance to make $9.75 million off the taxpayers of Massachusetts.

This man deserves to be embarrassed and humiliated and this is going to do a lot of harm to good Christians who do not take the law into their own hands.

***************Update*******************

The one day I miss Kevin’s postings on Queer Conservative, too!  Apparently, him and I take notice of the same headlines.  I picked it up from the Chicago Tribune over coffee yesterday and wrote my rant about it.  See Kevin’s take as well.