{"id":133,"date":"2009-04-22T10:27:16","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T10:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/04\/the-future-of-religious-libert.html"},"modified":"2009-04-22T10:27:16","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T10:27:16","slug":"the-future-of-religious-libert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/mormoninquiry\/2009\/04\/the-future-of-religious-libert.html","title":{"rendered":"The future of religious liberty in Connecticut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mirrorofjustice.blogs.com\/mirrorofjustice\/2009\/04\/samesex-marriage-and-religious-liberty-issues-in-connecticut.html\">A Mirror of Justice post<\/a> provides some links related to the proposed Connecticut legislation implementing gay marriage in that state in response to a 2008 state supreme court decision, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jud.state.ct.us\/external\/supapp\/Cases\/AROcr\/CR289\/289CR152.pdf\">Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Publilc Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In partricular, the MOJ post includes a link to <a href=\"http:\/\/mirrorofjustice.blogs.com\/files\/letter-to-rep.-donovan-re-bill-899-04-20-09.pdf\">the text of a short letter on religious liberty<\/a> authored by four legal scholars. 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