Radical Clerics, Christian Morals, and Homosexuality

How $%%$ kind of you.Homosexuals are already are allowed to get married. Every adult can marry whichever they want. What we need is the state to stop treating people who love each other as is they were criminals who can be denied basic rights that you and I never even question.Because it is that denial of rights, and not your approval or disapproval that is important. Gay marriage isn't something you have to agree with or to compromise about. It's something for you to butt out of.Do you have any gay family members? Is your relationship with them really one long proselytizing session or do you compromise your values. Are those family members really equivalent to drunks and junkies in need of intervention?Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.

Seriously, FaithA few Churches still refuse to perform interracial marriages. Many pastors will refuse to perform marriage if they get the hint that the couples involved haven't thought things through. What makes you think that there will be legal penalties for refusing to perform same sex marriages?

So no one should be monogamous let alone married? I have to admit, such sentiment is a great defense against being called a bigot.

What does tolerance mean, and what behavior is intolerance? You are the teenager's parent and are responsible for the teen. So for you, ignoring the making out is some kind of endorsement. Further, the behavior in church is church business, so if the usher interferes, he is not showing intolerance either.But failing to persecute random people that aren't in your house or who aren't your kids is not any kind of endorsement or tolerance of their behavior. Not yelling 'God hates gays' isn't tolerance of gays, it's simply behaving as if you had been brought up somewhere other than a cave. You might even argue that such non-actions are required by Jesus example from John 8:7. (Unless you are using the conservapedia Bible.)

I respectfully disagree. People can rightly hate churches for things they do to their own congregations. I despise what Jim Jones did to his congregation. I don't find what he did merely ridiculous. I also don't find any trouble hating churches that kill children by convincing parents not to give their children medical treatment.That stuff is not the least bit funny. Ridicule isn't they way reasonable people ought to respond to that kind of crap.People have lots of superstitions and have emotional needs that churches can take advantage of for evil purposes. It's as reasonable to hate such churches as it is to hate any con man.Edited by NoNukes, : No reason given.