RE: Church stance on gay marriage "for good of society", says Bishop Michael Nazi
April 26, 2012 at 3:22 pm
(This post was last modified: April 26, 2012 at 3:38 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
In much the same way that you've disregarded a group of people (and anything they might offer in their desire to be treated with similar respect and dignity that you would claim for yourself, going so far as to desire protection from people who can be demonstrably shown to be willing to enact violence upon them for this one difference) yes, and that's the point, isn't it?
All you have is "They aren't normal", "They're defective". Excuse me for finding these assertions just a tad less than convincing. I've already heard you elaborate upon them at length, but your elaborations mean very little to me since I can simply dismiss them (and you) by the very same line of reasoning that you would leverage against homosexuals and homosexuality. Do I find your rationalizations convincing? No. Would I personally employ them? No. However, since you seem to be intent upon doing so, I'm merely suggesting that the application of these rationalizations should be consistent.
You are abnormal, you are defective, and you have no right to argue otherwise, because this would be publicizing your lifestyle choices, and again, it is offensive to my decency (why this itself matters is a mystery to me, but you seem to think that it does so I'm going with it).
I agree, btw, it isn't a matter of philosophy, except insomuch as that your philosophy -is- bigotry. Bigotry plain and bare, elevated to the point of a guiding principle from which you draw a conception of a social or political ideal. All of this after waffling around about what you claimed to be clearly expressed in scripture, as though it provided some sort of justification, or added any credibility to your position even if you weren't in error (which you were).
I get so incredibly tired of watching you shit all over these boards and then retreat to "These are my last words on the subject" style cop outs in each and every case. Even so, I don't attempt to tell you that you shouldn't be able to try and make your case, which is precisely the position you've taken with regards to homosexuals.
All you have is "They aren't normal", "They're defective". Excuse me for finding these assertions just a tad less than convincing. I've already heard you elaborate upon them at length, but your elaborations mean very little to me since I can simply dismiss them (and you) by the very same line of reasoning that you would leverage against homosexuals and homosexuality. Do I find your rationalizations convincing? No. Would I personally employ them? No. However, since you seem to be intent upon doing so, I'm merely suggesting that the application of these rationalizations should be consistent.
You are abnormal, you are defective, and you have no right to argue otherwise, because this would be publicizing your lifestyle choices, and again, it is offensive to my decency (why this itself matters is a mystery to me, but you seem to think that it does so I'm going with it).
I agree, btw, it isn't a matter of philosophy, except insomuch as that your philosophy -is- bigotry. Bigotry plain and bare, elevated to the point of a guiding principle from which you draw a conception of a social or political ideal. All of this after waffling around about what you claimed to be clearly expressed in scripture, as though it provided some sort of justification, or added any credibility to your position even if you weren't in error (which you were).
I get so incredibly tired of watching you shit all over these boards and then retreat to "These are my last words on the subject" style cop outs in each and every case. Even so, I don't attempt to tell you that you shouldn't be able to try and make your case, which is precisely the position you've taken with regards to homosexuals.
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