Stay out of this thread, Shirley. This shit don't concern you.Ibanez wrote:Oh fuck off. You make fun of everyone here on worse issues.D1B wrote:
My experience with the church was positive. However, on the whole, they are a cancer on humanity and need to be stopped before we all perish.
Hope you feel good about yourself, making fun of children being raped by priests.
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D1B wrote:Stay out of this thread, Shirley. This shit don't concern you.Ibanez wrote:
Oh fuck off. You make fun of everyone here on worse issues.
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Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not equal. They are different things. Heterosexual orientation is the normal state. Homosexuality is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
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JohnStOnge wrote:White skin color and non-white skin color are not equal. They are different things. White skin orientation is the normal state. Non-white is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
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We've been down this road before with the eye color thing. Differences in skin melanin content is a little different because there is kind of a function involved. Melanin provides some protection against sun damage. But it's not like a biological function like reproduction is.White skin color and non-white skin color are not equal. They are different things. White skin orientation is the normal state. Non-white is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
If you want to look for "abnormal" with respect to skin color you have to look at something like being albino. The absence of melanin is abnormal. Of course it still doesn't relate to a critical biological function like sex drive does. Homosexuality is more like someone having a preference for eating sand over eating what we call food so that the hunger drive is directed towards ingesting something that will not provide any nourishment. It's inconsistent with the underlying role of the drive in biology.
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JohnStOnge wrote:Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not equal. They are different things. Heterosexual orientation is the normal state. Homosexuality is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
What does the above have to do with equal rights under the law?
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Because egalitarianism is an evil plot by gayliberalpinkocommies to restrict his freedom.AshevilleApp wrote:JohnStOnge wrote:Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not equal. They are different things. Heterosexual orientation is the normal state. Homosexuality is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
What does the above have to do with equal rights under the law?
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You are dense. THe equality is treating a Gay woman the same as a straight woman. THe government wants us to be free and wants to be in our bedrooms yet it wants to say who we can love and engage in relationships with. That's not thier place. It's not some hick in D.C. telling JOn that he can't be on a level playing field because he is attracted to men.JohnStOnge wrote:Homosexuality and heterosexuality are not equal. They are different things. Heterosexual orientation is the normal state. Homosexuality is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
Should I treat you better because you aren't gay? I'd love to see your answer to that question.
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I understand. Albino's are the problem. Gays and Albinos are ruining this country. Check.JohnStOnge wrote:We've been down this road before with the eye color thing. Differences in skin melanin content is a little different because there is kind of a function involved. Melanin provides some protection against sun damage. But it's not like a biological function like reproduction is.White skin color and non-white skin color are not equal. They are different things. White skin orientation is the normal state. Non-white is an abnormal state. It's as simple as that.
This thing of treating this as an "equality" issue is nonsense. There is no reason to treat things that are not equal as equal.
If you want to look for "abnormal" with respect to skin color you have to look at something like being albino. The absence of melanin is abnormal. Of course it still doesn't relate to a critical biological function like sex drive does. Homosexuality is more like someone having a preference for eating sand over eating what we call food so that the hunger drive is directed towards ingesting something that will not provide any nourishment. It's inconsistent with the underlying role of the drive in biology.
Those damn dirty Albino's.
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I really don't care one way or the other on this one. If gay marriage is allowed, it doesn't affect me. That said, do you think siblings or first cousins should be allowed to be married? I'm not asking because I think it would lead to that, but I just wondered if you thought the gov could define marriage at all.

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I just want to know when the shooting starts?
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That was my next question. Will this be a conventional war? I wonder if JJ gets drafted.AZGrizFan wrote:I just want to know when the shooting starts?
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89Hen wrote:I really don't care one way or the other on this one. If gay marriage is allowed, it doesn't affect me. That said, do you think siblings or first cousins should be allowed to be married? I'm not asking because I think it would lead to that, but I just wondered if you thought the gov could define marriage at all.
Hen, don't you think you should care what your spiritual leadership is doing to promote bigotry? I know you're a decent person and have no problem with gays, but......
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Not speaking for Hen, but it wouldn't be the first nor the last thing that the church's hierarchy and the larger population of lay people within the church disagree on, especially with regards to the methods and actions going forward. The "spiritual leadership" is just one aspect of the church, and is not the entire church. Unanimity, even in religion, is difficult and impossible when so many individuals are involved.D1B wrote:89Hen wrote:I really don't care one way or the other on this one. If gay marriage is allowed, it doesn't affect me. That said, do you think siblings or first cousins should be allowed to be married? I'm not asking because I think it would lead to that, but I just wondered if you thought the gov could define marriage at all.
Hen, don't you think you should care what your spiritual leadership is doing to promote bigotry? I know you're a decent person and have no problem with gays, but......
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I will answer your question if you answer mine first. BTW, my question was really directed at Mark.D1B wrote:89Hen wrote:I really don't care one way or the other on this one. If gay marriage is allowed, it doesn't affect me. That said, do you think siblings or first cousins should be allowed to be married? I'm not asking because I think it would lead to that, but I just wondered if you thought the gov could define marriage at all.
Hen, don't you think you should care what your spiritual leadership is doing to promote bigotry? I know you're a decent person and have no problem with gays, but......

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I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.89Hen wrote:I will answer your question if you answer mine first. BTW, my question was really directed at Mark.D1B wrote:
Hen, don't you think you should care what your spiritual leadership is doing to promote bigotry? I know you're a decent person and have no problem with gays, but......
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Fair enough. It seems a lot of people are in the camp of "the gov should stay COMPLETELY out of it" so I always just wonder if it's just staying out of things they don't agree with.D1B wrote:I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.89Hen wrote: I will answer your question if you answer mine first. BTW, my question was really directed at Mark.
As for your question, I support the Church's right to speak out against gay marriage, but I don't agree with their stance. Again, I am a married Catholic, and a gay couple getting married by a UU minister has no impact on the validity or sanctity of my marriage. It's not a deal breaker for me.

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So being sexually attracted to members of the same sex is ok, but being sexually attracted to your sister somehow crosses that imaginary line?D1B wrote:I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.89Hen wrote: I will answer your question if you answer mine first. BTW, my question was really directed at Mark.
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Do you see the church's increasingly vocal and public crusade against gay marriage as a form of bigotry, or at least a catalyst for bigotry against gays?89Hen wrote:Fair enough. It seems a lot of people are in the camp of "the gov should stay COMPLETELY out of it" so I always just wonder if it's just staying out of things they don't agree with.D1B wrote:
I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.
As for your question, I support the Church's right to speak out against gay marriage, but I don't agree with their stance. Again, I am a married Catholic, and a gay couple getting married by a UU minister has no impact on the validity or sanctity of my marriage. It's not a deal breaker for me.
Not intentionally being difficult, just that I would personally be livid. I have no problem with the church not marrying gays, it's their religion and they can do whatever they want. Seems they're hell bent on forcing that particular piece of dogma on everyone.
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I am sexually attracted to D's sister.AZGrizFan wrote:So being sexually attracted to members of the same sex is ok, but being sexually attracted to your sister somehow crosses that imaginary line?D1B wrote:
I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.
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Yes it does. Sanctifying sibling sex is recipe for disaster and further opens an already large floodgate for child sexual abuse. Siblings are often perps.AZGrizFan wrote:So being sexually attracted to members of the same sex is ok, but being sexually attracted to your sister somehow crosses that imaginary line?D1B wrote:
I think the government has to set some limitations on marriage. Marrying siblings being one of them.
I know I dont have to tell you about health risks that result from inbreeding. Do want a world filled with Citadal cadets and ASU Mountaineers?
There's justification.
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I'd be disappointed if the Church didn't speak out on something they saw in the world as morally wrong. That's their mission and they should be true to it. Just as the Church was wrong to turn a blind eye and try to hide the moral wrong that was child sex abuse in it's own midst, I think the Church would be wrong to not speak out against something that they consider morally wrong. Doesn't mean that people need to agree with the Church, but the Church should be consistent with their moral compass.D1B wrote:Do you see the church's increasingly vocal and public crusade against gay marriage as a form of bigotry, or at least a catalyst for bigotry against gays?89Hen wrote: Fair enough. It seems a lot of people are in the camp of "the gov should stay COMPLETELY out of it" so I always just wonder if it's just staying out of things they don't agree with.
As for your question, I support the Church's right to speak out against gay marriage, but I don't agree with their stance. Again, I am a married Catholic, and a gay couple getting married by a UU minister has no impact on the validity or sanctity of my marriage. It's not a deal breaker for me.
Not intentionally being difficult, just that I would personally be livid. I have no problem with the church not marrying gays, it's their religion and they can do whatever they want. Seems they're hell bent on forcing that particular piece of dogma on everyone.
As for the bigotry idea, it only really becomes "bigotry" when you start to inject hate into it. I don't think the Church has, at least in recent times, expressed hatred towards anyone who is gay. Intolerant of gays? Sure they are, but intolerant and bigotry are still separated by hate.
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CID1990 wrote:I am sexually attracted to D's sister.AZGrizFan wrote:
So being sexually attracted to members of the same sex is ok, but being sexually attracted to your sister somehow crosses that imaginary line?
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I understand, but they're wrong and practically everyone, including many catholics, knows it.GannonFan wrote:I'd be disappointed if the Church didn't speak out on something they saw in the world as morally wrong. That's their mission and they should be true to it. Just as the Church was wrong to turn a blind eye and try to hide the moral wrong that was child sex abuse in it's own midst, I think the Church would be wrong to not speak out against something that they consider morally wrong. Doesn't mean that people need to agree with the Church, but the Church should be consistent with their moral compass.D1B wrote:
Do you see the church's increasingly vocal and public crusade against gay marriage as a form of bigotry, or at least a catalyst for bigotry against gays?
Not intentionally being difficult, just that I would personally be livid. I have no problem with the church not marrying gays, it's their religion and they can do whatever they want. Seems they're hell bent on forcing that particular piece of dogma on everyone.
As for the bigotry idea, it only really becomes "bigotry" when you start to inject hate into it. I don't think the Church has, at least in recent times, expressed hatred towards anyone who is gay. Intolerant of gays? Sure they are, but intolerant and bigotry are still separated by hate.
In the past the church has spoken out against women, Jews and protestants, to name a few. They're wrong now like they were wrong then and I don't think they should get a pass.




