Posted on 04/01/2013 1:42:04 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Your post 57 is a keeper, I will be sharing that one with friends, for laughs.
“You are the lefty, and your support for homosexual “marriage” is totally inadequate.”
You’re funny. However, in the hope that you may learn to think, I’ll ask the following question:
To which version of marriage do you refer? The state sanction or the religious sacrament? They are not identical.
The religious sacrament of the Mormon Temples and Islamic Mosques, of the Episcopalians, the church of the gay goat lovers, the free Americans who are atheists?
“The religious sacrament of the Mormon Temples and Islamic Mosques, of the Episcopalians, the church of the gay goat lovers, the free Americans who are atheists?”
According to the above statement combined with the rest of your comments, you do not support the First Amendment which respects freedom of religion. Catholicism (Roman variety) is probably the largest religion in this country, so I assume you would be satisfied with that as the state religion? No? You want to remain a Baptist or a Presbyterian or...? It’s not acceptable under the scenario you propose.
Nothing in the First Amendment says you have to agree with another’s religious beliefs, only that government cannot force a particular set of beliefs down everyone’s throat. Ponder that concept for a while.
BTW, are you capable of commenting without resulting to insults? I feel like I am wrestling a pig.
I don’t know where you found a personal insult in that post.
Your promotion of polygamy and homosexual marriage in the name of the Constitution and God, sure calls for one though.
Also, if the Catholic denomination is a religion, what religion are the Southern Baptists, or the Orthodox?
The Epicopalians belong to the Church of England, the State Church, if you would. In Germany, the only two accepted Christian Churches are Catholic and Lutheran. All, plus the Mormons, Baptists, Quakers, etc are sects of Christianity.
If you want to limit freedom of religion under the Constitution to Christians only, what do you propose we do about Jews, Taoists, Buddhists, Hindus? Make them wear yellow stars?
How you ever figured tha I am promoting polygamy and homosexual marriage in the name of the Constitution is beyond me. What individuals do is their own business. If a church wants to allow polygamy, homosexual or heterosexual marriages, recognition of the union should be limited to the church - as long as no unconsenting individual is involved. State recognition of marriages of any type should not be done. Businesses should have the right to choose their clientelle.
You should be free to believe as you want as long as you don’t infringe on the Constitutional rights of others. Which means, go picket if you want, boycott businesses, whatever you must do. But give others the right to do likewise.
I personally find the gaystapo agenda disgusting, but the Defense of Marriage Act is the government sticking their nose in your private life, too.
You are definitely space out, and your desire to implement polygamy and homosexual “marriage” in America is not only ridiculous and pathetic, but it doesn’t belong here at FR.
You and the left just discovered that the 1st amendment grants homosexual marriage and polygamy, actually the rest of the left is only pushing homosexual marriage at the moment, you are pushing the whole tamale.
Ansel12-
I said when this whole conversation started that Freedom of religion is not for sissies. It’s a very complex issue.
You keep telling me my beliefs and desires rather than read what I have written. Sadly, your insistence on addressing only a small portion of the issue will result in more government invasions of our privacyl.
Have a nice life. I’ll avoid your handle in the future.
You believe that when we created this nation that we created homosexual “marriage’ and polygamy, it just took this long for you guys to see it in the 1st amendment, evidently you don’t know squat, and are just plain out of it.
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