Churches barred from 'gay' discrimination

WorldNetDaily ^ | January 22, 2005

[sayfer bullets]

Perhaps we should separate the church from that state.

Y'all come on down here to TX and OK... let's see what that place looks like in a couple of years.

[sayfer bullets]

and I came to Illinois to work to beat 'em...

Look at it like a kid defying his parent's warnings not to smoke. Dad sticks him in a closet with a lighter and a pack of smokes....tells him not to come out 'till he's finished 'em. (aside from the obvious danger of the analogy...)

Sometimes you just have to let someone get what they think they want, and make them live with the ramifications of their actions. It's what we got, essentially, by staying home and letting Clinton/Perot run Bush 41 out of office. The country had an eight year hangover.

[Blue Collar Christian]

Yeah, I know Coconino County is a blue county in a red state. Teachers, students, and I wonder how the local American Indians vote. One thing for sure, they're a gonna have a couple more Republicans come summertime.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I got longjohns and know where to by more, and I know about Coconino County's blueness. Come summertime, one of their artists will be a big mouth singing Christian cowboy, and I won't be in CA.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I like the forest, hunting, hiking, fishing etc., and I think I can be set for a blizzard much better than a tornado. Good hunting in Arizona, lots of great hiking, camping etc. and just a 3 hr drive with potty stops to Phoenix to grab a Southwest Air to Long Beach or San Diego to join my buddies in LA Rod&Reel Club for good fishing.

Not to mention, AZ has not yet decided to use my tax money for embrionic stem cell research, has managed to(at least for now)hold on to their resolution to deny medical benifits to illegal alliens, and allows its citizens to defend themselves with firearms. Kinda like America is supposed to be.

[Jeff Chandler]

I grew up in Southern California and moved to AZ in '81. A couple things you'll notice after a year in Arizona. The sky here is very big and when you go back to L.A. you'll feel a little claustrophobic. Also, people don't avert their eyes in grocery stores and strangers strike up conversations with each other.

[Blue Collar Christian]

I actually grew up in the Mojave Desert in a small town. I'm familiar with that country lifestyle, and it is a driving force that sends me back to the counry.

[dufekin]

"Separation of church and state," the concept that emanated from a penumbra of the "free exercise of religion" clause of the Constitution has succumbed to a novel emanation. The Constitution, legal and linguistic scholars now insist, guarantees "freedom from religion," a concept that the Founders themselves actually intended to mean but dared not express. Under the novel emanation, the state must purge religion, religious symbols, religious constructs, religious morals, and religious ideas in any form whatsoever from all things, including even the formerly Sacred Church.

[odoso]

Is there or isn't there a constitutional right granted ALL Americans allowing them the "Freedom of Association"?

... and since when did it become a crime to have an aversion to perversion?

There's discrimination being brought alright, but not by the church!

[the invisib1e hand]

there's a time to obey man, and a time to obey God. I know which time this is.

[television is just wrong]

You cannot move away from your problems. They will continue spreading through this country like a cancer. We must stop the problems.

Don't live your life like a ostrich.

[television is just wrong]

LOL, one big happy family...

[spodefly]

Looks like the swishes at that site didn't like you linking to their graphic.

[txrangerette]

Congrats on your decision. I am a life-long Texan. Attended college in Oklahoma. Have a brother who traded Texas for Tennessee quite a few years ago, because his college sweetheart wife is from there.

From my own knowledge and experience, I would wholeheartedly recommend Texas(if you pick your spots, as it is rather varied), Oklahoma or Tennessee. I was born in Fort Worth, TX, but have spent more of my life in West Texas - San Angelo and Abilene. I went to college in Edmond, OK(near OKCity). My brother lives in Columbia, TN, about 30 miles south of Nashville.

Good luck and God Bless.

[dannyboy72]

Thanks. We're heading to Tennesse this weekend to check out the area.

[walden]

Come to Texas-- I can't see this kind of law ever passing here, but to ensure that it doesn't, we need more citizens like you and your family.

[RobRoy]

"While many such municipal prohibitions on sexual orientation discrimination expressly exempt religious organizations from their coverage, the new amendment to Illinois' Human Rights Act does not."

Well, gee. Then that makes this one unconstitutional.

[txrangerette]

Cool.