The article states “rights of conscience cannot be made subject to legislation.” Murder, theft, and adultery are all matters of conscience that have been made into law. The left knows this and has been softening us up to "gay rights" and "tolerance" for years in order to pull on our heart strings and make these causes "matters of conscience". The deamonize anyone who does not share their agenda as being bigots and such so as to come back around to legislate immorality.
There is a long standing tradition of it, yes & we should rejoice in it, as our secular brethren have embraced the same truth as we have in those areas... to a point. Many of them have rationalized society into a different position from the faithful in all of the areas you mentioned. Murder and theft are "understandable", when committed by the "disadvantaged". Adultery was first decriminalized & then torts involving it mostly defanged.
The left knows this and has been softening us up to "gay rights" and "tolerance" for years in order to pull on our heart strings and make these causes "matters of conscience". The deamonize anyone who does not share their agenda as being bigots and such so as to come back around to legislate immorality.
The left does what the left does. Doesn't mean we have to let them or go along to get along. The Roman Catholic Church pushed back & the Anglican Church has joined her. The matter of conscience we're dealing with here is saying no to the agenda of the left, despite the deamonization.