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One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 10:11 am
Is that there is much less discussion of same sex marriage than I would have thought coming from the religious on this forum.
Which indicates to me that it is no longer a big deal. People are marrying who they want and the sky is not falling in, the world is still turning about the sun.
Christians and others have grudgingly accepted it...?
It's not immoral to eat meat, abort a fetus or love someone of the same sex...I think that about covers it
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 10:19 am
I think they have embraced that they have lost this one. You'll always get a few lagging behind but in all its far more damaging socially to be openly homophobic than it is to be gay.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 10:49 am
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(July 26, 2014 at 10:19 am)Insanity Wrote: I think they have embraced that they have lost this one. You'll always get a few lagging behind but in all its far more damaging socially to be openly homophobic than it is to be gay.
Homophobics haven't lost the war. Look at Uganda
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 11:01 am
I'm hopeful that if 'Cafeteriaism' is daubed upon the faces of the Christers enough, they might realize their EXTREME selection bias regarding Bible verses they feel motivated to follow and ignore in their private lives might temper their wrath over Gay marriage.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 11:03 am
Or they go the opposite route...
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 11:03 am
Where I live homosexuality has mixed views. Most older and middle aged people don't accept it, most times it isn't even because of god, just because it's socially unacceptable and looks disgusting, I've never seen catholics making protests against gay marriage. Young people tend to accept gays more frequently, sometimes you'll see a gay couple holding hands on the street, but it's rare.
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RE: One thing I find encouraging on here!
July 26, 2014 at 11:06 am
(July 26, 2014 at 11:04 am)Insanity Wrote: (July 26, 2014 at 10:49 am)Losty Wrote: I don't know where you guys live but it is seriously socially damaging to be gay where I live.
Perhaps I'm just surround by less shitty people. I can't talk for the entire planet obviously. Only from my own experience and the experience of those I know. I think in a lot of big towns/cities in the west its not a big deal.
There is a fair chance I'm completely wrong. I'm not gay so I've never seen the repercussions personally. What I said was based on that its not discussed very often here on a forum with a majority of people from the US, UK and EU. Of course if you live in Uganda things are different.
Or Russia, not so much because of the anti-gay laws, but more likely because Russians hate gays. Even younger ones. And I find curious that Russian is not that religious compared to other countries
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