defriendings

[fpb]

I have defriended asakiyume and sartorias over their repulsive reaction to the defeat of their party on Proposition 8 in California. Their reaction was to blame it all on the supposed interference of a particular religious group. The truth, in fact, is that all major religious groups in the state campaigned aggressively for the proposition, and that voters against it included a large majority of black voters. However, to blame Catholics is unfashionable, to blame Jews un-PC, and to blame Muslims unhealthy. So these ladies, in common it seems with a lot of their kind of persons, managed to find the perfect novel religious scapegoats: the Mormons. Now I have no sympathy for Mormonism as a religion, but I can tell scapegoating when it offends my nostrils, and I was utterly revolted to find people whom I really believed decent human beings indulge in this kind of talk. Any other person on my f-list subscribing to Mormon conspiracy theories, please defriend yourselves and save yourselves some grief.

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[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

No church will, or should, be forced to marry people against their principles. Legal same-sex marriage will not mandate churches to do so. These marriages will be civil ceremonies only, which grant the legal protections of marriage from the state as they already do for heterosexual couples.

[8bitbard.livejournal.com]

You're right about the "should" part, but as for the "will" part - well, just take a look at Canada.

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

Thank you for letting me know. I had not realized that.

[8bitbard.livejournal.com]

Here are some details: http://ezralevant.com/2008/10/alberta-hrc-christians-have-no.html

I haven't yet heard of clergymen being forced to perform gay ceremonies, but they have been forced to shut up or pay the price, which is hardly any different.

[fpb.livejournal.com]

I see you still believe in fables.