[ ] You have fully understood the definition of terms like democracy, republic and representation.
[x] Ah well
Electoral college. End of story.
[ ] You have fully understood the definition of terms like democracy, republic and representation.
[x] Ah well
My "misguided" belief rests in God's infallible perfect Word the Bible. From cover to cover the Bible is the Word of God. Not just Jesus words but the Bible as a whole. God is not "harming" His creation by condoning only heterosexual monogamous marriage. God (and there's only one) created the universe and therefore has full sovereign authority to tell us how it is to function.
Also two scripture references here explicitly state that homosexuality is sin.:
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=homosexuality&qs_version=ESV
Also here is a website page with many articles filled with scripture stating God's case against homosexuality. I know no one will be mature enough to read any of them but I thought I'd post it for fun.
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Homosexuality/
Total garbage.
By the way. I would never consider myself American. I will always consider myself African-American, as will many many other African Americans. We've still earned the citizenship and respect, but have also earned the name African American.
The vast majority of blacks in the USA are only partially black at this point. However 100% of them are USA American. NOT African-American at all. Let's at least give them the citizenship respect they have earned.
So what makes sure that the the courts don't violate the constitution?
As someone who is part Black, I disagree.
What about someone who is white, born in S. Africa, Egypt, etc. and moved here, through one means or another, and started a family here. They are not black, especially in the sense of the S. African person.. Their offspring would then be called "African American".
In short, it shouldn't be a term delegated only to Blacks.
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From a standpoint of freedom of choice I do agree that gay marriage should be legal.
However, I don't agree with publicly traded companies trying to sway politics outside of their purview and making stances that can hurt their sales thus their investors. If this was about software piracy or changes in technology patent regulation it would make sense to take a stance as the outcome can effect business.
Total garbage.
By the way. I would never consider myself American. I will always consider myself African-American, as will many many other African Americans. We've still earned the citizenship and respect, but have also earned the name African American.
My point is that the term marriage is religious in nature so the government should not be using it (separation of church and state). The government should rename the term marriage to "civil contract" or something like that for everyone and that it should be considered a secular civil contact between the two people (whatever they agree to). This will also get the government out of the argument.
"Black" is just fine. By the way, not all blacks are African by descent, and not all Africans are black. Egyptians who have moved to the USA are African-American.
My black history teacher liked this sentence describing his white friend who has citizenship in Africa and the USA: "You're my favorite African-American."
Then why are those of Asian descent in the USA considered "Asian", not "Asian-American"? (Variable)-American is nationality. You can be an Indian in France then move to Germany and be French-German. What's wrong with calling a black person "African" if you'd call a Chinese person "Asian"
I don't fully agree, but I'd be fine with this. The ends justify the means. I'd rather have politicians focus on important and relevant issues.
Get out more. There are plenty of atheists that are homophobes. Especially in Maryland which one would consider a pretty liberal state.
Nope, I still think whites have the church beat by a large margin.
NO . . . NO We all should give a crap about the morality of another individual. If someone can't determine right from wrong then it's a serious problem for everyone. No one needs religion to determine right from wrong, and religion has nothing to do with morality.
Morality is a social/cultural issue, hence the reason for centuries of Jim Crow and Apartheid and other injustices that the world let happen.
How fun.
But all of that is completely meaningless to someone who doesn't share your faith. And since there are many in the U.S. who don't share your beliefs, there is no reason they should have to abide by your rules. The US is not a theocracy like Iran.
Really? I haven't met any. I'm sure there are some, but they have no ecumenical or other religious reason to disagree with it. The vast majority of those who reject and vilify gay marriage is unquestionably religious. Each of the three main monotheisms, being equal glimpses of a man-made untruth, condemn it.
On the contrary; the majority of religious institutions, regardless of ethnicity, condemn it. In fact, per capita, predominantly black churches within the United States are even more homophobic than their counterparts in bigotry. Bigotry exists everywhere, not just within 'whites', as you say.
I agree with most of that statement, however religious institutions in every example one can list, were (and still are) proponents of slavery and other immoralities/anti-humanisms. The Catholic Church had antisemitism as being part of official church doctrine until 1964, supported the growth of fascism before and during the second world war (parties of Islam have now procured that mantle), and the parties of god in Israel and Palestine are now exclusively the barriers to a peace settlement (both sides claiming they have a divine right to the entirety of it). I could go on.
Was he banned?
I suppose the Westboro Baptist Church would call Apple 'fag-enablers' now.
Good on ya, Apple. It's time to move forward.
Ugh I think it is thread closing time.
Especially when you hear the age old 'my god is the one true god and my faith is the one true faith'.
My "misguided" belief rests in God's infallible perfect Word the Bible. From cover to cover the Bible is the Word of God. Not just Jesus words but the Bible as a whole. God is not "harming" His creation by condoning only heterosexual monogamous marriage. God (and there's only one) created the universe and therefore has full sovereign authority to tell us how it is to function.
Also two scripture references here explicitly state that homosexuality is sin.:
http://www.biblegateway.com/quicksearch/?quicksearch=homosexuality&qs_version=ESV
Also here is a website page with many articles filled with scripture stating God's case against homosexuality. I know no one will be mature enough to read any of them but I thought I'd post it for fun.
http://www.monergism.com/directory/link_category/Homosexuality/
Not entirely true. While we (those of us involved in the scientific study of human sexuality) don't know the exact amount of variance accounted for by genetic endowment and environmental influence, we do know (at least with men) that gay affectional orientation is no more a choice than heterosexual affectional orientation. I didn't choose to be straight, I "discovered' it.
One might use the analogy of left handedness. We know that a certain percentage of the population is left handed, and expectable variation in later dominance. So, too, is gay affectional orientation...and expected variation (NOT deviation) of affectional orientation.
It is also the case that affectional orientation are very plastic...not necessarily set in stone for life. But that is a very involved discussion for another time.
Suffice it to say that there is an enormous field of scientific study involved in studying the basis of affectional orientation, and although we are far from certain of the "cause" of heterosexuality, or gay affectional preference, we are not totally ignorant on the subject, either
Wait are you saying homosexuals should be tolerant of those who would view them as second class citizens? Or that they should tolerate oppression from the majority because thats what the majority believes? Black people didnt tolerate it why should anyone else? You should clarify that statement because you left it wide open for interpretation.Oh they exist. The problem with many folks, especially on these forums, is that they fail to understands that folk will hate you for any simple reason. That's unquestionably the truth.
That doesn't negate my statement. And to add to the statement above, homosexuals I've found are far more close minded when it comes to being tolerant. That's my opinion on the matter however.
Religion dealt with the matters at hand, slavery being one of them, and even in the Christian Bible (which used slavery as an analogy to one's relationship to God) only reflected what was the status quo.
On the other hand, slavery in those times leading up to the African slave trade, was no where near as barbaric and racially stirred. Whites in American, religious or not, looked at African slaves as sub-human. Even African tribes that enslaved other tribes knew they people they were hurting where the same as them.
The Catholic church is still predominantly a European entity, so the point really still stands.
Last note, it was the black church that many slaves found homage, and the black church that supported the early Civil Rights movement. Religion is a tool, the people make of it what they will.
Part of me hopes so. He was notorious for clubbing folks over the head if you didn't agree with him, and insulting folks that believed something different as well.
Bigotry goes both ways, and he was the perfect example of that.
So since we are breaking this barrier, I can marry my dog now right?
So since we are breaking this barrier, I can marry my dog now right?
In my honest opinion, I believe this should and shouldn't pass. I believe it should pass because we are all equal and everyone should be able to marry who they want, it's their lives. I also believe this shouldn't go through because I'm a Christian myself and it's a sin to marry the same sex. But, my current position is "I don't care if this bill gets passed or not. (Basically neutral)." That is my "two cents".
By your command....