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I agree BlackAdder Send a noteboard - 14/10/2010 04:09:23 PM
Which is exactly what the writer tried to make him see. It's not about that woman's feelings, it's about him being the same as what he accuses Christians of. He lacks in nuance, and thereby weakens his own points.

It makes more sense to find a solution together than to alienate everyone who smells like the opposition.

Of course, this is happening in all contexts where suppression of freedom occurs. It's the same with overly zealous feminists, the new populists against Islam, etc.

If you want to be against something, you should be against the underlying mechanism as much as the front. Be against the denial of freedom, against the suppression of people living their lives the way they want, regardless which group we're talking about. Whether it's Christians, Muslims, gays, women, men, etc.

His rant against Christians is mostly misplaced anger. They hardly hold a monopoly on the oppression of gay rights and there are many Christians who do support gay rights. You're absolutely right imo.
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Love the Sinner - 13/10/2010 04:07:28 PM 1254 Views
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for ze record - 14/10/2010 02:54:07 AM 752 Views
ok now show that it caused by what Christian beliefs *NM* - 13/10/2010 06:50:32 PM 367 Views
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Re: Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level - 14/10/2010 08:52:24 PM 852 Views
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Re: You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point - 13/10/2010 08:23:07 PM 777 Views
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and sometoimes they are just rants *NM* - 13/10/2010 10:01:55 PM 306 Views
Okay my response now - 14/10/2010 06:04:02 PM 808 Views
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I don't think there is any question... - 14/10/2010 04:42:45 AM 781 Views
If I may quibble: - 14/10/2010 05:22:22 AM 631 Views
He's bullying Christians - 14/10/2010 04:47:13 AM 763 Views
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Two seperate things are mingled here - 14/10/2010 09:50:42 AM 957 Views

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