As an evangelical Christian, when I discuss issues with those who have a different belief system I have to always remember that the other person is often operating from an ill-informed, media-driven stereotype. One of my favorite sites, Get Religion,…

I am familiar wtih the Shahar case, one of many reasons Michael Bowers is a villain to LGBT people everywhere.

She did not lose her job for writing, teaching, or running a business using her beliefs. She lost it for a religious practice in her private life, and she should not have been fired for expressing her own religious beliefs about marriage, however much I disagree with them. Nor should I have to fear being sued for libel if I write on my blog that Ellen DeGeneres is not married to her girlfriend and never can be, because marriage is the union of a man and a woman.

How would you describe Robin Shahar’s experience, where she was let go from her job at the Georgia state attorney general’s office specifically because her boss found out that she was going to have a Jewish religious wedding to another woman? It was quite a famous case – appealed all the way to the Supreme Court (who didn’t hear it – they let the lower court ruling stand saying that the firing was legal). Google Bowers v. Shahar for more.