Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"

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The question then becomes, do you personally want to prevent homosexuals from getting married? Or prevent women that don't follow your particular Bronze age texts, from having nontraditional (by your standards) relationships or family structures?

Would you consider Evangelicals that do want to prevent these things to be bigoted?

I don't want to prevent homosexuals or women from having equal rights. First of all, it's up to each woman to either accept biblical views of her role in the church and family or not. Secondly, I think that homosexuals should have equal rights under the law with heterosexuals. They should have equal access to the privileges, protections, tax breaks, etc, that come with the married status. However, until recently, marriage, which is sacred to christians, has been defined as between a man and a woman. I don't believe it's right to redefine marriage and step on the toes of those who do consider it sacred. Equal rights can be allowed without redefining marriage. For example: A woman attends a college and attempts to join a fraternity. She is denied membership and is told that fraternities are for men only, but she can join a sorority which has equal status with fraternities. She is not being denied any rights by not being allowed to join a fraternity. Furthermore, she has no right to demand that fraternities be required to admit women into their membership.

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So you don't hate evangelical christians. You hold contempt for people who unjustly discriminate against other people.

Thanks for twisting my words. I hold everyone in contempt, who discriminates against people just because they belong to a certain group. There is no just in discriminating people because of gender, sexual orientation or the coincidence of being born into a certain group. It's always unjust.

So, you decide if the shoe fits evangelical christians.

Well, the shoe fits if they do discriminate in those matters, but it doesn't fit just because they believe certain things about the morality of homosexual acts or the role of women. You're confusing the two different situations.