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I wouldn't mind seeing a law against adultery.
Yup, that sort of thing can happen if you own your own business and publicly voice your disapproval of an entire group of people. The customers were no more obliged to stay quiet about it any more than the baker was obliged to open his mouth.
Perhaps a scarlet letter? Shall we burn adulterers at the stake? You do realize 1/2 of your fellow Christians would immediately be criminals?
Doesn't seem right that they couldn't respect his beliefs.
So be it.
From what I hear monogamy it's that popular in SSM either..
We took our vows before God and breaking those is one of the more hurtful things in one's life.
Oh yeah, that's seems official.I am a denier of what? Are seriously going to quote a right wing whack job site like American Stinker? Hilarious.
You quote American Stinker as a credible source? Seriously?
Let's try something unbiased instead.
Little-Known U.S. Document Proclaims America's Government is Secular - The Early America Review, Summer 1997
SSM was against his Biblical beliefs, that should have been reason enough to say no. The homosexual couple(s) should have respected that and gone elsewhere but, they refused and made a fuss.
The SCOTUS shouldn't be ruling on law based on a "moral conscience". They should be ruling on the law BASED ON THE LAW.
The 14th, created via a constitutional process, established equal protection under the law.
Currently, I believe there to be a clear unequal application of what can be done under the law as it pertains to gender. Thus far I've never had anyone give me an answer that sufficiently convinces me this unequal application substantially relates to serving an important state interest. As such, in my opinion, our current laws are unconstitutional.
Oh yeah, that's seems official.
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Doesn't seem right that they couldn't respect his beliefs. That's the problem with the Homosexual lobby and the Left in general...they don't respect anyone's beliefs but their own.
FWIW I don't think being a homosexual or SSM is a belief. More like a condition.
I wouldn't mind seeing a law against adultery.
SSM was against his Biblical beliefs, that should have been reason enough to say no. The homosexual couple(s) should have respected that and gone elsewhere but, they refused and made a fuss.
WTF?
I have seen reports that suggest the divorce rate among SSM is 1/2 that of Christians. Frankly I believe it.
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So do many gay people. So what.
Adultery. Okay. Anything else?
Which do you think are not already covered?Adultery. Okay. Anything else?
He's ok with burning adulterers at the stake as well apparently.
Didn't you recently say you were going to give up on this topic and just let "god sort it all out"?
Are you a liar as well as a sinner?
Which do you think are not already covered?
Murder.... Check
Stealing...Check
lying.... check (sometimes)
misleading testimony...check
Kidnapping... check
Rape...check
What do you care? It's none of your business. You just want it to be.
Which do you think are not already covered?
Murder.... Check
Stealing...Check
lying.... check (sometimes)
misleading testimony...check
Kidnapping... check
Rape...check
Okay, so just adultery then? The others you mentioned are illegal pretty much everywhere I'm sure (bearing false witness is illegal in court of law, and will get you fired from most jobs. Lying can also damage friendships and trust in general, so it's a crime that pretty much carries its own punishment). In fact, those laws have probably all been in place for the better part of civilized human history.
I never said that.
Originally Posted by Top Cat
Perhaps a scarlet letter? Shall we burn adulterers at the stake? You do realize 1/2 of your fellow Christians would immediately be criminals?
Originally Posted by WCH
So be it. From what I hear monogamy it's that popular in SSM either.
As a reasonable person, I think the Supreme Court should immediately hold all state laws criminalizing those acts unconstitutional. Equal protection means just that, and all this discrimination against rapists and thieves has been going on way too long. What about their rights? Besides, basing all these laws on xtian dogma is just more creeping theocracy. When the Flounders said strict separation of church and state in the constitutional declaration, that's just what they meant!!!
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