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tangledweb, you're completely right.
reanna, while the argument does focus on the view that those sexual relations are wrong, Chritianity does not give the right to take someone's human dignity because they are not perfect. It's the blind leading the blind.
A Catholic monk whom I've read recently said, literally, that finding God is a matter of "minding your own business." This is a view I also subscribe to. Concentrating on other's problems is a convenient way to avoid concentrating on your own.
Whether or not same sex sexual relations is "right" - and I support every religion's right to say that it isn't - taking away the person's ABILITY to make choices and lead their life as they see fit is a denial of their dignity and is NOT necessary to avoid condoning it. Religious need to recognize that allowing someone the public right to express the love that they genuinely feel does not equate to condoning it in private. Condemn it all you want in religious services, don't marry them in the religion, but they can do all that while allowing them the right to their own dignity by acknowledging that, while they may feel it is wrong, these feelings of love are very real.
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