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Communities of faith are continuing to analyze the implications of the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on June 26 to legalize same-sex marriage in all 50 states. Host Bob Abernethy and managing editor Kim Lawton discuss potential consequences for religious groups who say the ruling could infringe on their religious liberty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cSupporters of gay marriage say religion should not be used to discriminate against people. Religion should not be an excuse for people not to provide services or do their jobs. But conservative law firms are saying people have a right to stand up for what they believe, and they can\u2019t be forced to act against what they believe.\u201d More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[1722,6722,1379,10037,1184,7641],"class_list":["post-26405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-kim-lawton","tag-religious-liberty","tag-same-sex-marriage","tag-southern-baptist-convention","tag-supreme-court","tag-us-conference-of-catholic-bishops","topics-politics","topics-us-domestic-issues"],"yoast_head":"\nReligious Reactions to Same-Sex Marriage Ruling | July 3, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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