The First Amendment really isn't a very complicated issue. It's one sentence long. Some of you should read it.
The First Amendment really isn't a very complicated issue. It's one sentence long. Some of you should read it.
Too much effort. The TV will tell me what to think.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Man
As in the other bigotry thread at the moment, I'm not saying it's okay to be that person who silently doesn't like gay people. But there's a big difference in not agreeing with someone's sexuality and lifestyle and still being decent to people AS THE BIBLE SAYS, and saying "men should like vaginas, men who like anuses are gross."
For someone who's supposedly "simply stating his oh-so-Christlike beliefs," he sure does seem intent on making sure everyone knows just how evil gays are. Apparently in 2010 he gave a sermon on it.
There is a part of the bible about it. If you at certain parts, then he's simply doing what a pastor should.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlup
(I don't know if he is a pastor or not, anyone can give a sermon)
That being said, if the sermon was from the part about Sodom and Gomorrah, I always took it to be that god blew the city up because it was full of rapists, murderers, and theives, not because they practicing homosexuality.
Holding the Bible and standing at a pulpit does not make you less of a jerk for preaching that homosexuals are evil. There is no excuse for discriminating against people.
Did he actually say homosexuals are evil, or did he just say it was a sin according to the bible? There is a difference.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlup
He wasn't discussing what's in the Bible, he was preaching it. So both.
Yes or no, did he call homosexuals evil, using the actual word evil?Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlup
I don't know why you're talking to me about the video when you obviously didn't watch it.
Semantics.
Anything that's a "sin" is inherently evil.
I don't make a habit of watching anything TMZ makes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlup
But I just did. He didn't call them evil. He called the act of homsexuality a sin, which is something he pulled from his holy book.
Is there going to be a day where you understand that no one cares if someone's bigotry comes from a book?
Freedom of Religion. I don't have to like what he believes, but as long as he isn't hurting anyone, I'm not going to hate him for what he raised to believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shlup
When you're in your 60s you can't really use the "I was raised to believe this" excuse. You are an adult. You have every capability to choose something better than bigotry. Countless people have done it and will continue to do so. He chose to believe what he believes and act the way he does.
And just because someone has the Freedom of Religions doesn't mean that their beliefs are beyond scrutiny. That's not what Freedom of Religion means. Freedom of Religion means that you can practice any religion that you want; it doesn't mean that people have to respect your beliefs, only that you have the right to believe them.