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Originally Posted by Have Faith In Me.
I see your point, to an extent. I'm not one of those people that's gonna go out and stand up for gay rights
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Bingo.
Why won't you? (Assuming you live in the US.) America was founded on the ideals of a place where people wouldn't be persecuted for their religious beliefs. The corny phrase "Land of the free" comes to mind. Following your logic, you're persecuting others based on your religious beliefs, whether you mean to or not. I don't need to tell you all the ways gays are discriminated against by the government and general public -- it's pretty obvious unless you live in, say, MA. You say you won't go out and support gay rights, but isn't the idea of equality and freedom is what the US is all about? Do you not think gays are worthy of enjoying the same rights and benefits as you?
I attend a Catholic university and it irks me how the students all use the same hippie-esque flowery language, but when it comes to the government, it's their way or the highway. The government should enforce their religious ideals in laws and the general running of things. When I try to explain to them that the US is
supposed to be a secular nation, they write me off as some crazy liberal. Need I remind you how religious theocracies tend to turn out? Just take a look at Iran, for instance.