"Righteous" is subjective, and you just did precisely what I said. BOTH sides have legitimate positions on this issue. The problem is the application of those issues.
I must have come in when you were leaving. I moved to Fairfield County in 1995. I moved back to Ohio in 2011. And not a moment too soon. To borrow a line from Samuel Clemens, if I owned Connecticut and I owned hell, I'd rent out Connecticut and live in hell.
If you are straight and cisgender, then you have the privilege of making comments such as these. You are completely dismissing the legitimate concerns of LGBTs, who have to deal with homophobia and genderphobia every day of their lives. As such, your holier-than-thou attitude does not deserve to be listened to. It only deserves to be stood up.
I'm really not sure what you're saying. Should gays be criminalized and jailed in this "war?" Is it OK to fire them from their jobs for being gay, ostracized from normal society? Denied service at restaurants? Etc.
But you're illustrating pretty well the intolerance that gays want to "destroy." Essentially, your religious beliefs are yours and those who adhere to similar values. In a theocracy, you get to impose those views on all others. In our diverse society that values individual freedom, the right to worship your God, other gods, or no god at all is pretty high on our list of national values.
To be blunt, what Jesus said only matters to Christians, and there is obviously a pretty large variation among Christians on what constitutes a sin. As you know there are churches who accept homosexuals. My gay brother has gone to church his entire life. Do you get veto power over those churches?
Anyone who says the RFRA bill isn't intended to discriminate against gay citizens ain't paying attention
Here's a picture/comment from GLAAD
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For 'some' reason, the governor's office is refusing to release names of those who attended the bill signing
Just don't understand why someone would be so opposed to hunting while making a living selling meat from slaughterhouses. But that's a subject for another thread.
You're the one who claimed "you can deny service to anyone for any reason"
State public accommodations laws - which is why I say things like "typically," "usually," and "most if not all" because I don't know the law in every state.
A cleaning service is not "a place of public accommodation."
Jesus often ate dinner with criminals. Jesus ate with prostitutes.
In this country, they are not beyond political and monetary influence. If they can't be recalled or.fired they are susceptible.
Jesus also said sin no more.Jesus ate with those people to try to convert them.
Mark 2:16-17
16When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?" 17And hearing this, Jesus said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."
Jesus did not avoid them. That is precisely the point. He associated with them. Indiana has legalized doing just the opposite. And in the name of Jesus and his love.
Jesus did not avoid them. That is precisely the point. He associated with them. Indiana has legalized doing just the opposite. And in the name of Jesus and his love.
Are you of the opinion that the Federal Government and the other 30 states that have similar law or case law have also legalized discrimination in the name of religious freedom?
cisgender
Nope. I am not. Cite me some, please.
19 states that have ‘religious freedom’ laws like Indiana’s that no one is boycotting - The Washington Post
The same law is on the books in 19 States, the Federal government(1993), and in-effect through case law in 11 other States. How is Indiana's legalizing discrimination, but these other 31 instances are not?
"Normal" doesn't need a special word for it.
This isn't tumblr.
privilege
Homosexuals just don't appreciate the opportunity this bill provides for them. They can create a religion of their own like the Church of the Great Holy Phallus or some such thing and then refuse to serve those despicable breeders that are an affront to their religion because they engage in despicable and sinful behaviors like attending traditional Christian churches and engaging in heterosexual intercourse.
what part of respecting others religious views do the gays not get? I think its just radical side of the LBGTmovement again over stepping others freedoms..
Why doesn't the Christian church deny fellowship with those Christians that engage in despicable and sinful behaviors and engaging in heterosexual intercourse.
The state should do its job and protect the private property rights of its citizens. It doesn't have to "sanction" anything by letting free people make choices about who they want to associate with and who they want to hold custom with.
Why doesn't the Christian church deny fellowship with those Christians that engage in despicable and sinful behaviors and engaging in heterosexual intercourse.
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