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Peter Aitken: Discriminating beliefs

Regarding the Sept. 4 news article “32 N.C. magistrates opt out of marriages”: To the North Carolina magistrates who have opted out of performing marriages because of religious objections to same-sex marriage: If my religion required me to discriminate against my fellow human beings, I’d be darn quick to find a new religion. Just sayin’.

Peter Aitken

Chapel Hill

This story was originally published September 8, 2015 at 5:02 PM with the headline "Peter Aitken: Discriminating beliefs."

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