let's be religious and discriminate against gay people!!

[Gordon Gekko]

Quote from TriPack:



Are you saying that religions that teach that "leading a homosexual lifestyle is sinful" are discriminating against gay people? I've got news for you, they also discriminate against adulterors. Is this also wrong? Where is your outrage for the adulterors?

many people already don't care too much about adultery. gay discrimination will slide next; and rightfully so.

 

[TriPack]

Quote from Gordon Gekko:


many people already don't care too much about adultery. gay discrimination will slide next; and rightfully so.

Gordon,

Teaching against a practice is not the same thing as discriminating against those who are involved in the practice. Making these hateful blanket statements against religious people is just as bad as making hateful statements against gay people. Either way it is hate and that is the problem, not the solution.

 

[ChaosNSX]

one word

LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMEEEE!!!!

 

[ARogueTrader]

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

Some liberal congregations have twisted themselves into pretzels to avoid the plain meaning of the Bible, but they remain a minority.

I see, you have the plain and correct interpretation of the Bible.

Funny how you always see people as twisting something you don't happen to agree with.

What is it like to be always right in interpretation of documents in which the authors are not available to query, and everyone else who doesn't agree with you is always wrong? Is that part of your Christian doctrine?

Last time I checked the umpteenth revision of the Bible, it was anything but plain in meaning.

 

[bobcathy1]

:eek: :eek:
You've got to be joking GG.
This is a hell of a way to rack up your posting total.

 

[ARogueTrader]

Quote from AAAintheBeltway:

I recently read of a case in which a mother was ordered ina custody proceeding not to teach her daughter that homosexual activity was wrong. That was in response to the mother becoming a Christian. I regard that as a direct infringement on her religious freedom.

And if the mother convert to Islam and taught the children that Christianity was demonic, you would equally defend her religious freedom to teach her child whatever she wished.

 

[Doubter]

For anyone traveling to Russia you now have to pass a HIV test as you enter the country.

An interesting paradox for religious organizations that run summer camps or activities where their people or employees are in contact with the public is 1. they cannot ask potential workers anything about HIV ( against the law), 2. but they can be charged with spreading the disease if someone they could not ask carries the HIV and passes it while working with the campers or public.

GG where does you discrimination fit in here?

 

[burnin]

you are gay, not that there is anything wrong with it, but you just dont know it yet

 

[inandlong]

GG, you know that "supplement" that guy is selling you at the gym.... maybe you should curtail its use for awhile. I mean I know the muscle gain has been great, but it's beginning to take a toll.

 

[AAAintheBeltway]

Quote from ARogueTrader:



And if the mother convert to Islam and taught the children that Christianity was demonic, you would equally defend her religious freedom to teach her child whatever she wished.

That's actually quite a nice point. In general, I think this is not an issue for the courts. There is a subtle difference however, as maligning Christians could be viewed as interfering with the father's religious freedom. Is it proper for a judge to decide which religion prevails? Probably not. Tough on the child though.