The anti-gay marriage movement IS homophobic

littlek wrote:

We are not trying to legislate against your civil rights.

Neither is Momma

Simply put: Discrimination:

It is either right, or it is wrong.

Ok, I think Finn knows what I meant by that but let me explain it to everyone else.

I have the right to vote. You have the right to vote. You have the right to base your decision for your vote on whatever the heck you want to base it on. Well, so do I. You telling me I am wrong in how I would vote is the same thing as telling me I don't have a right to vote that way.

Why you vote for what you vote for is your business, just as what I vote for and why is my business. This is just a discussion. But, if you tell me I am wrong for what I would vote you are not giving me the same right that you have.

I believe the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible says homosexuality is wrong.

You should really drop this simple minded claim because it only serves to make you look foolish. EVERYONE discriminates several dozen times a day. When you invite 4 people over to your house for dinner you've discriminated against the rest of the world's population. When you invite a friend to a movie you've done the same thing. In fact, the simple act of saying that someone is your friend is an act of discrimination.

Discrimination is a basic fact of life and it isn't a simple case of always being either right or wrong. There are thousands of perfectly valid reasons to discriminate along with an equeal number of reasons where it isn't.

On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. "Teacher," he asked, "what must I do to inherit eternal life?"

"What is written in the Law?" he replied. "How do you read it?"

He answered: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' "

I believe the Bible is the Word of God. The Bible says homosexuality is wrong.

Ok, I think Finn knows what I meant by that but let me explain it to everyone else.

I have the right to vote. You have the right to vote. You have the right to base your decision for your vote on whatever the heck you want to base it on. Well, so do I. You telling me I am wrong in how I would vote is the same thing as telling me I don't have a right to vote that way.

Why you vote for what you vote for is your business, just as what I vote for and why is my business. This is just a discussion. But, if you tell me I am wrong for what I would vote you are not giving me the same right that you have.

Actually, it is about all of our rights, isn't it? You are advocating for the rights of homosexuals at the expense of my rights. Is that right?

Chumly, Chymly, Chumly,

You just posted what it says in the Bible! OMG! Does this mean you are swayed?

Momma Angel wrote:

Actually, it is about all of our rights, isn't it? You are advocating for the rights of homosexuals at the expense of my rights. Is that right?

No, it is not right.

Several people have asked you to explain how advocating for rights for homosexuals comes at the expense of your rights. You have not answered that question.

People who support full civil rights for homosexuals, at the very least in this thread, have not proposed that anyone else give anything up in order for homosexuals to have the same civil rights as others enjoy.

Your contention is without foundation.

Newsflash folks! Unless you can tell me where in the Constitution of the United States it says I cannot consider my religious beliefs when I vote you are infringing on my right to vote the way I want to vote!

It is absolutely no different than you voting on a tax break law for the poor that would discriminate against the rich or vice versa.

Newsflash folks! Unless you can tell me where in the Constitution of the United States it says I cannot consider my religious beliefs when I vote you are infringing on my right to vote the way I want to vote!

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No one said you cannot vote the way you wish to do. You are simply being informed that voting against homosexual marriage is voting against the basic civil rights of a significant proportion of the population based upon your religious bigotry.

Get over it, it's not going to go away . . .

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It is absolutely no different than you voting on a tax break law for the poor that would discriminate against the rich or vice versa.

You just eat up that right-wing propaganda horseshit, don't ya? You know, if we didn't have to pay for the Shrub's dirty little war, we could easily give the poor the tax cuts he gave instead to his rich buddies.