Heh. I guess I'll be the first one to answer this question then.
Before I answer any of the questions, I guess I should state that I'm Roman Catholic.
- Does your religion believe that all people are equal? Yes. All people are born children of God. Well, I guess the prophesized Anti-Christ might not count, but that would be an exception.
- Does your religion believe that everyone deserves the same rights and opportunities? Yes. The only exception I can really think of here is the gay priests issue. I don't think this issue has come up in the Catholic Church yet (to my knowledge), but I know it's caused controversy in Protestant Churches. Personally, I don't think it would/should be a problem, because as long as the priest isn't having sex (which they shouldn't be anyway..) he isn't committing any sin. I don't see how even extremely conservative Catholics (or any Christians for that matter) could argue with that.
- Does your religion believe that we/you/its members should treat everyone as equals? Yes. Love your neighbor as yourself, etc.
- Do you think that all people are treated equally by the principles in your faith? What are the exceptions to the rule? Yes. Well, most of the time, anyway. Obviously, the whole 'gay' issue is a hot ticket right now. It's a tough topic to tackle, since one of the main reasons of marriage is to create offspring, which isn't possible with homosexuals. However, there ARE other reasons for marriage(for love and a sexual outlet, basically) which would be applicable to a homosexual union. And then there's the whole "Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve" issue which provides somewhat of a weak argument, in my opinion. And on top of these things, the Pope has made some strong comments about homosexuality which might come off as kind of prejudice. So, unfortunately, it appears that many in the Church may not quite think of/treat homosexuals as equals, though I would argue that the faith itself does say that we should treat them like everyone else (like I said in response to the last question, love your neighbor as yourself, etc.).
- Is society using religion to justify reasons for not allowing an equal opportunity and rights environment? In many cases, yes. Sometimes they're using it to make just cases, and sometimes they take it way out of context to suit their current wants. But, in short, yes.
Now, hopefully I won't be the only on-topic poster in this thread.
Angela Harlem 
