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Originally Posted by filtherton
Did i even ever mention christianity? Do you know that there are whole swaths of christians who think that the homosexuals and their marriage are not only fine, but pretty fucking great? I think you just outed yourself as a member of the "Doesn't know shit about filtherton club", and, probably the "doesn't know shit about christianity club," too."
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I could call myself Muslim and not follow a single teaching of Islam. That doesn't make me one, though, now does it?
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Originally Posted by ratbastid
The general public opinion is: Gay OK. There are places where that's not entirely true, but if you took a poll of all Americans, that's the result you'd see. So claiming "culture objects to it" is simply inaccurate, and based, I suspect, in some outdated 1950's notion of "culture".
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Read one of my previous posts. I think I already mentioned the fact that most people don't have a problem with homosexuals in general, but they do have a problem with the idea of gay marriage.
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Originally Posted by Infinite_Loser
I don't think people oppose the idea of homosexuality as much as they want to uphold the traditional meaning of marriage. According to the numerous polls I've seen, fewer people oppose homosexuality in general than do those who oppose gay marriage. In a nutshell, people are more open to the idea of homosexuality yet are reluctant to extend marriage to homosexuals; I'd fall into that category.
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