Kasz216 said:
akuma587 said:
rocketpig said:
d21lewis said:
I say we forget our illogical biases (sexual orientation, sexual preferences, race, etc.) and create some new totally outlandish reasons to discriminate.
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Humanity has already been doing that for years. All one has to do is look at what the Belgians did in Rwanda with the creation of the Tutsi caste to see an example of illogical biases at work.
I doubt I will ever understand why people care so much about what others do in their free time or in their bedroom. Today, it's gay people. Tomorrow, who knows? Could be me.
One thing I do respect though is the church's ability to protest gay unions. While I don't agree with it, any infringement on church rights should be respected when (not if) homosexuals are granted the same rights as the rest of us. No church should be forced to accept something they believe to be fundamentally wrong (no matter how fiercely I disagree with them on it).
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This is too often a red herring issue is the problem. You don't have cases of gay people showing up to churches demanding to be married. If a church wants to do that, it is fine. But the government has in no cases forced a church to do so. Besides, gay people have an alternate venue through the state which is just as good.
Not to mention churches have pissed off gay people a long time ago, so its not like very many gay people are religious to begin with.
I hear this cited pretty frequently as a reason to be against gay marriage when it is just an illusory issue.
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Although it is an issue to why there is no gay rights ammendment.
People are afraid if passed christian bookstores and the like will be forced to hire gay people.
Which makes me wonder if christian bookstores are forced to hire muslims and jews.
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When someone fills out an application, does it really ask for their orientation and religion?
If they hire someone that they decide they don't want for not so legit reasons such as orientation and religion... its quite easy to fire them for some stupid made up reason as long as they don't say the real reason. Happened to me once (not for orientation or religion though), government job even, but without a witness to their remarks I wasn't able to fight it.
