(August 9, 2012 at 6:48 pm)Brian37 Wrote: I didn't say they hated Sikhs, anymore than when they say "we don't hate gays, we just prefer traditional biblical marriage" I am just saying they would publically say "we don't hate Sikhs, but we would prefer our Christian family members marry Christians" same back of the bus attitude. Push them far enough and what they claim is just a preference and their real bigotry will rear it's head.
If they are willing to treat gays as "separate but equal, what makes you think they'd support an inter religious marriage, not as individuals, but as a company. Now while many liberal theists and atheists don't care who you marry, this is not a liberal family so it is not a stretch to say that they would "prefer" that their own only marry other right wing Christians.
It is not a blanket statement because we are talking about a company with right wing leaning "biblical principles".
Do really think a company that promotes "biblical principles" really likes the ideal of inclusion and pluralism when they cant even extend that same right to gays?
We are not talking about all Christians, just this family. There are plenty of liberal Christians, and probably some economic right wing Christians who are social libertarians, this is not one of those families
You asked how the Chick fil A people would feel about Sikhs. What makes you think you can infer attitudes about Sikhs from attitudes about same-sex marriage? Do the majority of people against same-sex marriage hate Sikhs?
You're lumping in "We disapprove of marriage to Sikhs", "we disapprove of everyone who wears turbans at our dinner table", and "our Thanksgivings would be awkward if we had a Sikh in our family" with..."We don't approve of same-sex marriage".
What justifies this? You're just lumping them in, "Oh, they're in the same bus." "Oh, they're just bigots. About sexual orientation. And so therefore hate Sikhs, too." You're just attributing more 'bad' beliefs to people that you think have 'bad' beliefs. It's a cognitive bias.
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