(June 11, 2011 at 12:28 am)eric209 Wrote: I would present a serious response that makes valid points also I do not mean it to be disrespectful.And do you know if she has legally changed her name? You're aware the government has no such restrictions on what the name is? Here are some more outrageous real examples. The original topic of this thread was social equality correct, and you can't come up with enough decency to accept someone as they want themselves to be called and ignore them for it. Worthless and repugnant sensibilities. You're like no humanist I've ever met.
I would posit that its a chosen handle and not a given name and as such respect of it is not due. Your specific handle on this forum comes off as frivolous and fictitious. For a nickname to have any serious worth or value it must be given and validated by others.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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