RE: Anti gay-marriage atheist??
August 31, 2015 at 2:42 pm
(This post was last modified: August 31, 2015 at 2:54 pm by Homeless Nutter.)
(August 31, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My understanding of the definition of the word bigot is this:
big·ot
ˈbiɡət/
noun
a person who is intolerant toward those holding different opinions.
source: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=bigot+
That's a conveniently narrow definition of the word.
Quote:The concept of bigotry can have slightly different meanings in American and British English.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigotry
In British English it refers to a state of mind where a person is obstinately, irrationally, or unfairly intolerant of ideas, opinions, or beliefs that differ from their own, and intolerant of the people who hold them.
In American English, the term can be used similarly; however, it can also be used to refer to intolerance towards a group of people in general based on their group characteristics such as race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status.[...]
(August 31, 2015 at 2:21 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I think I have been tolerant and respectful to the people who have different opinions from myself.
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That depends on the meaning of the word "tolerance". You stubbornly claim that people expressing their love in a way that feels natural for them - are behaving immorally, unless they happen to want to do it the way you like it. They need to suppress their "urges", because the joy of coitus is only for "normal" people - like you. How is that not bigotry, again?
"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one." - George Bernard Shaw