religious leaders
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Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.
History, I believe, furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people maintaining a free civil government. This marks the lowest grade of ignorance of which their civil as well as religious leaders will always avail themselves for their own purposes Letter to von Humboldt, 1813.
If the religious leaders have influence, they will not permit girls and boys to wrestle together, as recently happened in Shiraz.
The facts are plain: Religious leaders who preside over marriage ceremonies must and will be guided by what they believe. If they do not wish to celebrate marriages for same-sex couples, that is their right. The Supreme Court says so. And the Charter says so.
The actions of all group leaders throughout history have had one common element: altruism - common good of the collective. Religious leaders and the "moral" majority condemn the likes of Hitler, Stalin, etc. but their movements and foundations are alike.
When religious leaders get involved in elections, it is usually with a reactionary social agenda.