The Latest Christian to be persecuted in America

[BOSSHOG]

A man said he failed the Massachusetts Bar Exam because he refused to answer a question about Gay Marriage, and claims in a federal lawsuit the test violated his rights and targeted his religious beliefs.

http://business.bostonherald.com/businessNews/view.bg?articleid=1009871

And what would Jesus do? File a 9.75 million dollar lawsuit and defend himself. What's that about having a fool for a client.

David Yas, editor of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly says the suit is "idiotic" and that dunne is missing the point about what it means to be a lawyer.

WILL THE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS IN THIS COUNTRY EVER END??

[MindPilot]

1. I hope the court finds he doesn't have standing.

Like the rest of us godless heathen taxpayers.

[Virginia Dare]

2. He doesn't HAVE to be a lawyer..

if he can't in good conscience uphold the law...:shrug: I guess he didn't think about that one when he was spending all that time and money in law school..:rofl:

[mentalsolstice]

3. I guess he slept through his ethics class

...at his prestigious Boston law school. I'm pretty sure they discussed how a lawyer must separate his personal feelings from issues surrounding his client. Perhaps he can take the exam in a state that doesn't recognize gay marriage (yet).

[MindPilot]

4. Or he can be a Pharmacist at Wal-Mart. n/t

[gratuitous]

5. Surprisingly, this doofus self-identifies as a Democrat

Which I take every bit as seriously as his claim to have attented a "prestigious" law school. Anyway, from the story:

“Yesterday, Jane got drunk and hit (her spouse) Mary with a baseball bat, breaking Mary’s leg, when she learned that Mary was having an affair with Lisa,” the bar exam question stated. “As a result, Mary decided to end her marriage with Jane in order to live in her house with Philip, Charles and Lisa. What are the rights of Mary and Jane?”

Dunne claims the question was used as a “screening device” to identify and penalize him for “refusing to subscribe to a liberal ideology based on ‘secular humanism,’ ”according to his lawsuit.

“Homosexual conduct is inconsistent with (Dunne’s) Christian practices, beliefs and values, which are protected by the First Amendment,” the lawsuit states.

“I respect people with alternative lifestyles, and we must do that in a civil society,” Dunne said. “I just have a different opinion that millions of people share with me, and I believe that my opinion should be respected just as much as (pro-gay) opinions. I have no intent in spreading hatred or discrimination.”

Mr. Dunne seems a bit confused about the difference between civil and religious institutions, methinks. Until the church of his choice begins licensing lawyers to practice in Massachusetts state courts, he really needs to learn the rules of the game he wants to play.

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6. Oh but wouldn't that be a goal of those

who can't quite figure out the symbiosis of separation of church and state and tax exempt status for churches? Having churches licensing lawyers? Isn't that what the constitution haters at Regents University do?

And a nine million dollar lawsuit. Damn that is so christian.

[WCGreen]

7. When you strip it all down, isn't a lawyer just a hired advocate before

the courts...

[Mz Pip]

8. Little Mr. Holier than Thow

wasn't being asked for his opinion on the law or for his religious beliefs. He was being asked what the legal rights of tow citizens were under the umbrella of MA law. Perhaps he should seek to take the bar in Alalbama where these kinds of issues probably don't exist under their laws.

What a twit. He definitely picked the wrong profession.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[mentalsolstice]

9. Please not here in AL

There are a lot of liberal lawyers here (we have a big trial lawyers contingency), so while he might fit in with the general population...we lawyers would kill him here.

[Mz Pip]

11. Sorry

I know there are good liberal people in Alabama. I just think of Jeff Sessions and sort of do the bad thing of stereotyping when I'm not thinking.

My son is a lawyer and has a rainbow ribbon on his backpack. He has it to express solidarity with the Gay community. He's liberal, straight and a prosecutor who would probably kick this guys ass if provoked.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[mentalsolstice]

10. I'm Catholic?

When I took my bar exams (took two, passed both), could I have refused to answer the family law questions based on the Vatican's stance on divorce? Could I have said that the hypothetical heterosexual couple in question could not be divorced...or have refused to answer the question?

On edit: he could have expressed his personal opinion in his answer, as long as he appropriately discussed Mass. state law on divorce, separation of property and child custody, which is all the same regardless of the sexual orientation of the parties involved. All the bar examiners look for is the rule of law applied to the facts. That it was a gay couple in the hypothetical, is simply a diversion. This guy got diverted in the worst way possible.

If you fail, some states require you take the entire exam over, others only require you retake the part you missed points on.

The evil side of me hopes this guy has to retake the entire thing.