I think that some religious groups do not approve of gays and that may be impacting some of members views?

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Hypocritical......

If you feel that way then that's fine. I don't belittle the prejudice anyone person SUFFERS because of who they are. I personally believe that it's up to the individual what they want to do with their lifestyle. Sometime the choices we make are wrong choices and we cause ourselves pain and suffering.

All i ask is when you make your choice you live with it. Don't shove it down my throat, or ask me to tolerate it, or ask me to accept it because you say it's right. Don't try to teach or perpetuate your preferences and lifestyle to my children as if it's acceptable and expect me to sit back and not voice my outrage because someone thinks it's right.

From the civil rights perspective, i don't agree with the ruling and i wish people would just stop standing on the pedestal of civil rights as if it's some stepping stone to an approved condition that the gay community believes is justified. It just isn't, and i refuse to accept it.

Like i said. I know the stand I'm taking is not popular with those who believe it's right. Further, i believe there may be many others who don't have the guts to take a stand regarding this matter but this is one of those times i cannot worry about what others think.

As far as you comment That i am belittling the prejudice that the gay community suffers because you don't accept the behavior is quite hypocritical and narcassitic."

You are welcome to your opinion regarding this issue. But my acceptance of or rejection of any behavior is based on standards that most people these days don't accept or practice so that's no surprise to me. But you can bet one thing for sure those standards are the same standards that millions of others live their lives by and there's nothing hypocritical and narcassitic about them.

What ever you don't be mad and throw up all over your keyboard. I didn't ask anyone to accept my thoughts on the matter. I took the opportunity to voice my thoughts because no one chose to take a stand for the opposition. One again the train of what's popular comes by and everyone has to get on board. I'm not surprised.

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Barry,

Does your church approve of the concept of gays?

Bill

What concept??

Please don't avoid the question simple question, simple yes or no.

Hypocritical?


Religion can make people Hypocritical!

Sorry my friend.
I honestly don't understand
your question. Please explain
the concept of gays.

What part of the concept don't you get?

I think what Blue is trying to say, for example, the synagogue where I grew up had a lesbian rabbi. Obviously, it was the Temple's position that homosexuality is accepted.

While there are some other places of worship, that openly speak out against the gay lifestyle.

So Barry, Blue is asking you, your place of worship, what is their stance on homosexuality?

-- But before you answer that, I want to drop in my .02. It doesn't matter what his religious place of worship thinks about it. Just because you worship somewhere, doesn't mean you have to agree with everything that is said under it's roof.

I don't think where people choose to worship, has anything to do with this conversation. You can be Catholic and not believe everything the Pope believes. etc.

B

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"When two people agree on everything, one of them is not necessary" - Arliss

So Barry, by this definition, are you suggesting that all the Jews that refused to convert during the Spanish Inquisition were imposing their choice on non-jews, shoving it down the throat and asking people to tolerate their decision, to still practice their chosen/given religion? Should the jews have chosen to not be jewish?

Was the choice of the jews during the Spanish Inquisition, that were given a chance to convert but decide to rather die, A WRONG CHOICE?