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What gets to me the most about the statement quoted in the OP is not that he is obviously anti-gay, hell, he has the right to feel however he feels, and nobody has the right to tell him any different. What bothers me the most is his plans to teach his own children that it is wrong. While they ARE his children, I feel that forcing a belief on someone is worse than anything else one could do to a child. Giving the child as much information as possible, and letting that child make a decision on who they want to be on their OWN is proper parenting skills in my eyes. I guess it is a fine line there in how people raise their own children, and I know many here are VERY sensitive about their own children, as I am. I just have a hard time seeing people teach their children only THEIR way of how the world should be. I am Baptist, but one of my kids tends to be more Catholic in what they believe in, and the other is more Agnostic ( I believe that is the term) in how she sees religion. Did I force Baptist ways onto my children? no. I let them attend MANY churches and decide on their own what they liked, not that we attend church on a regular basis. Children should be nurtured, not trained.
I love how the Catholic church is so "Bible specific" in how things should be. Considering the Bilble was written by man, and translated by man, I see the inherent risk of errors, omissions, and out-and-out changes that could be made to fit how the church leaders wanted it to be. Anyone can be "taught" that, say being gay is wrong according to the Bible...But then, how does anyone KNOW? They have to have that thing called "faith". Interesting how "faith" can be so closely compared to "hope".
Again, as I said in my now favorite quote by me...."Children should be nurtured, not trained"
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