I'm hoping for (and hopefully will soon be working toward) the institution of gay marriage as a sacrament of the Episcopalian church. Nice to see allies.
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This message last edited by Ghavrel on 16/10/2012 at 03:59:58 AM
A Bible belt conservative spent a year pretending to be gay
- 14/10/2012 12:25:34 PM
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OK, I thought that was cool. Put his money where his mouth is, so to speak. *NM*
- 14/10/2012 12:37:55 PM
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Plenty of the comments are really disheartening
- 14/10/2012 07:23:42 PM
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There was one that I thought pretty good:
- 15/10/2012 10:57:42 PM
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I have to agree with that one. Most people come out in order to be more honest with their family.
- 16/10/2012 02:39:46 AM
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"The vast majority of conservative Christians are not hateful bigots at all."
- 15/10/2012 10:55:34 PM
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He does say his mother came around in the end.
- 15/10/2012 10:57:50 PM
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Maybe most conservative christians...
- 15/10/2012 11:44:13 PM
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Sorry, that is just an attempted role-reversal; objecting to hatred is not the "real hatred."
- 16/10/2012 01:26:39 AM
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In addition, the bible doesn't forbid it. The bible is not a monolithic work, but an anthology.
- 16/10/2012 02:32:59 AM
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Go you.
- 16/10/2012 03:59:48 AM
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What I said is correct.
- 16/10/2012 05:49:13 PM
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Dude, the "You're intolerant of intolerance!" argument is so played out
- 16/10/2012 08:34:35 PM
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I think he has a good point. It just shouldn't be generalized so far as he is doing.
- 16/10/2012 09:23:13 PM
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Wrong. I am talking about labels and what they are used for.
- 16/10/2012 10:42:11 PM
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And on the other hand, various "logical justifications" tend to boil down to one thing:
- 16/10/2012 11:01:50 PM
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I actually DO believe that anti-gay-marriage people eat babies ;-) *NM*
- 16/10/2012 11:32:35 PM
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We use "bigot" like Christians use "sinner."
- 16/10/2012 09:12:39 PM
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You can't just assume someone has the motivation you want them to have.
- 16/10/2012 11:08:09 PM
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For me it is as simple as looking into my own heart, several years back.
- 17/10/2012 04:51:13 AM
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