No that's not what I said. I do not advocate forcing people to stop believing, but I will promote ideas and scientific advancements that undermine religion and expect religion to eventually be a minority viewpoint, albeit not likely in my lifetime. And it's too bad Christians in general don't follow what you said. If they just let homosexuals have equal rights without having to have the supreme court step in.
Religious services are exempt from accommodation laws. It's in the first amendment. So even if this was an attack on religion by battle3's dreaded boogieman, it wouldn't get anywhere. Houses of worship do however offer public services such as polling. They have to obey federal rules.
Many in the anti-lgbt camp try to use religion as a wedge to enact social justice. The funny part is, they place their religion on the butcher table to protect their ideals, than they get all butthurt when it gets hacked at. It's just another type of SJW.
Because you say so? That's not how it works. If you think I'm wrong, then provide something to illustrate how and why my statements are wrong, like I did in countering your false assertions. Merely proclaiming I'm wrong, mischaracterizing my positions, etc. are not persuasive. Which I haven't done. You're the one being dishonest by implying I have. Citation? If I did, that would be an error on my part. Tell us what you think "LGBT" means. You are not the boss of me, and you therefore are not in charge of deciding what I do or don't support. All you're doing is once again revealing your own personal bias. Just because you choose to label the truth as "hatred" and "dishonesty", that doesn't make it so.
I have read many of your posts over the years, your views have been clearly stated. The fact that I can reiterate your own stated opinions and you take offense speaks volumes about your comfort with your own views.
In other words you cannot find a quote by the person you are asserting said they were LGBT and so must squirm and evade .. but there again nothing new.
Actually, all this tells us is that you have a pattern of dishonest behavior when it comes to misrepresenting people who dare to disagree with you. You are the one waging a war against "LGBTs". This thread is proof of that.
I am not going to search through years of posts just to prove whether you are LGBT or not. I believe you are, I remember seeing the claim, if I am wrong then just say you are not LGBT and that's the end of that - but that does not change the fact you do not like your own support of the LGBT agenda.
In other words you haven't anything, classic evasion techniques by those who just spout things without any means to back it up. As to whether I am LGBT or not, it's irrelevant .. but of course you need to focus on that in order to distract from your many other failings.
` This thread is just another variation of the "why are they persecuting us" gambit the evangelical right has been prostituting to their brain dead disciples. The entire thread is based on lies. There are no facts here, just emotionally charged rhetoric. There is no LGBT war on christianity or any faith. The entire idea is idiotic and appeals only to idiots. Justice requires facts which are absent here.
Since this was apparently meant to be addressed to me... You made a specific claim that you had seen a post where I had said I was 'LGBT'. It's your burden to support your claim. Maybe you're confusing me with someone else - apparently it wouldn't be the first time you've mixed people up. What you believe is not actually relevant, because you are not in charge of my identity. I notice you refused to answer my question concerning what you think "LGBT" means. That in itself speaks volumes. Apparently you aren't even sure who the target of your attack actually is. I thought I'd already made it perfectly clear that I think it's ridiculous for anyone to identify as "LGBT", since one cannot simultaneously be a lesbian, a gay man, and a bisexual. A person could be any one of those and also be transgender, but arguably most are not. So no - I am not "LGBT". I'm a gay, cisgender man. Sometimes people use "LGBT" as a shorthand when speaking about people who have membership in one of those groups, without identifying which one. But as a form of self-identification? No. A person would know which one they personally are, so why would they use a broader term that covers things they are not? Maybe if you had bothered to learn what "LGBT" even meant, you would have already known this. As for "support of the 'LGBT agenda'", that asks us to posit as true the existence of something that is not factual. I would need to believe there was an "LGBT agenda" before I could decide whether or not I support it. But I do not agree that one exists, so that's that. What I do not support are your imaginations about a so-called "LGBT agenda". You are the one waging a war against "LGBTs". This thread is proof of that.
No, you are the aggressor. Remember, up until early 2014, I was a supporter of gay equality even though I considered it sin. I did not try to impose my religion on anybody, and I still do not want to impose my religion on anybody. But the LGBTs want to not only impose their morality on everyone, they want to relegate me to the closet because of my religious beliefs. In their fanaticism to clear the public square of religion, the LGBTs go to any lengths to destroy people who oppose the LGBT lifestyle - the LGBTs think its appropriate to destroy peoples careers, families, target children, bankrupt businesses, target friends, vendors, customers. The LGBTs started the war, it just took awhile for people to see through the LGBT lies.
So you don't believe in equality anymore? Homosexuals should be subservient? That is aggressive. That is just paranoid caterwalling. Grow up. I don't think that is right either, not only have i maintained that position I've stated it multiple times. So there is no way to talk rationally with you about this? I'm not at war with you, i never was. You want there to be a war on people because of what some idiots did.
Looks like you found your reason to hate Gay Folks. As someone that was beaten unmercifully as a 9 year old Child, called Gay, and other slurs, I still support the 1st Amendment Rights of others to preach vile speech even hate against others, until they lay hands on others, Then it is on !
Then if you support the 1st Amendment, and I assume you support the entire Constitution, you will join the rest of us in opposing the LGBTs in their war on not just religion, but any person that in any way does not publicly endorse the gay lifestyle and agenda. You should have a lot of empathy for the people who the LGBTs have harassed, attacked, forced out of their job, driven into bankruptcy, targeted their children and friends.
Intolerant hateful special interests which hurt those in society are being slowly marginalized, which is fine, its about time religious groups be equated to many other hate groups in America and pushed to the fringe. Christian groups accepting of everyone seem to not have any issues with LGBT people or expressing themselves.
I oppose any person that hurts another in any way, or uses an Agenda that is predicated on Discrimination or Bigotry. Like the KKK or any Racist organisation.
Honestly, dude. Over 30,000 same sex marriages and less than a half dozen lawsuits regarding refusal of service. That doesn't even register as an anomaly statistically and it is pathetic of you to try and paint this as a "war". Simply pathetic.
Great, then I welcome you to the battle against the LGBT mob who is hurting many innocent people in order to advance its discriminatory agenda.
You have repeated that post nearly verbatim multiple times. The past is not the future, times change, and they change quickly these days. You can live in the past while we live in the present and use our intelligence to respond to current events.
