Never said this was my point of view, just that it was a point of view. People rail against the religions without thinking of the social aspects. Not saying that it's something everyone has to accept, just be aware of.
My views are a bit different, but.... > >Homosexuality is socially unacceptable to a lot of people. > > ...b/c of religion. Maybe you can seperate it out enough to feel > comfortable enough with the situation I can not and refuse to for 2 > reasons > > 1) I beleive society is truely just homophobic and can not deal with > the thought of one one dude's dick in another dude's ass or mouth Or > one chick's clit in getting licked one another chick, while I beleive > the later for some fucked up reason is more acceptable by society. > People will not admit this though so they use releigion so that they > don't have to come off as just being descriminating. If society would > just come out and say its not acceptable b/c it is disgusting, while I > think iti s said that the majority of society would actually be > willing to limits a group of people rights, I would aleast be able to > see your reasoning > > 2) Lets face it if I took your way of thinking I would not be able to > as easily bitch about this subject and this is something that should > be bitched about, in my opinion. > > I guess one more arguement I have is this was originally started bya > pompus bible thumper linking her vote for Xing out Gay marraige with > the fact it was a sin. > > > Thank you for that point of view Micheal it really does make some good > sense...just not for me. > > Adam H > > On Fri, 05 Nov 2004 10:58:24 -0400, Michael Dinowitz > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I so elequently said: > > >>GOD DAMN! WOW holy shit I just sinned fuck I did it again. > > > > > >God damn = 1 > > ok, maybe. > > > > >Holy Shit = 2 > > Nope, no name of God used > > (and while the word God is used as a divine name, it really isn't) > > > > >" fuck" is only offensive not a sin but I am sure someone will claim > > >it is a sin simply b/c it hurts thier ears. > > If it hurts their ears then they are using the wrong hole. > > > > >Further about this whole thing what if I perscribe to a religion where > > >homesexuality is accepted and not a "sin". Is law allowed to force > > >your beleifs on me? Or *gasp* what if I don;t beleive in God at all. > > >Are we going to make laws that force me to abid by this great mistical > > >thing in the sky and maybe even force me act like I beleive in it, or > > >at that point will the bible thumpers just kill me? > > That's the thing. A society is based on certain shared ideals. Some > people don't believe in income tax, some don't believe in property, and > some believe in various sexual practices. The point is that these voters > are saying that they, as a majority, do not find these practices > acceptable in society. > > When you think of it as a religious ideal, you get upset because it's a > religion being forced onto you. If you think of it in terms of social > acceptability, you see it in a different light. Homosexuality is socially > unacceptable to a lot of people. It may be acceptable in parts of NY or > CA, but not in most of middle America. > > Society has to work on rules. The question is not where the rules come > from, it's how they are applied. > > > > >Adam H > > > > > >On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 10:37:32 -0500, Harkins, Patrick > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134460 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
