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Posted: Tue May 19, 2015 1:08 pm
by Malcolm
Irelands comes down on baker who forgets he's a businessman.
Explaining the rationale for the long-awaited ruling in a case that has attracted worldwide attention, Judge Brownlie said that the defendants were not a religious organization and that they conducted their business for profit. As such, she said, they were obliged to provide a service to everyone.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:07 pm
by Malcolm
Louisiana gov has the balls to do what the state legislature didn't.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 1:23 pm
by Malcolm
Gay marriage-hating pastor suddenly changes his tune.
According to screenshots obtained by Queerty, Makela was soliciting sex from men on Grindr, an app geared toward gay, bisexual and bi-curious men.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 2:37 pm
by TPRJones
Ironically what that guy actually wrote I can kind of respect:
"Read these words this morning: 'Long before gay marriage was part of our national discussion, natural marriage did not always reflect God's will of love and submission. Divorce became common, love in marriage grew colder and children were not always seen as a blessing. Changing the culture begins with changing our culture of marriage and family, taking the marriage union with the utmost seriousness and welcoming children in our church.' AMEN!"
While I of course disagree, I can respect that he's implying here that divorce, loveless marriages, and unwanted children are all just as much of a problem with marriage as homosexual marriage. He's not just preaching "hate the gays" he's preaching "fix marriage". That's rare enough to almost be commendable. If he'd come right out and said that divorce, loveless marriages, and unwanted children should be made illegal alongside homosexual marriage then he'd have gotten my full respect, but he didn't go quite that far.
Sadly he also has clearly has a lot of self-denial to deal with and is having a hard time making his religion work in the context of his own sexuality.
Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 2:44 pm
by Malcolm
Changing the culture begins with changing our culture of marriage and family, taking the marriage union with the utmost seriousness
Meanwhile, Wife Swap and its celebrity counterpart on the ABC (Disney) network argue with that shit. Where's the religious outrage? Do we have to make a show called God Swap where you have worshippers trade deities for a few weeks?
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 2:50 pm
by TPRJones
Exactly. Anyone who advocates against gay marriage but does not advocate equally strongly against divorce, marriages of convenience, and all that sort of stuff has a lo to answer for lest they be branded hypocrites.
He didn't do that. Thus some modicum of respect.
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 3:09 pm
by Malcolm
Damn, the more I think about it, God Swap would be hilarious.
Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 2:18 pm
by Malcolm
Catholic leaders dumbfounded and stupefied (or maybe just stupid).
"The Church has to find a new language which will be understood and heard by people," Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin, a senior Irish cleric, told reporters after mass at the city's St Mary's Pro-Cathedral.
"We have to see how is it that the Church's teaching on marriage and family is not being received even within its own flock."
Let me save you some time, Diarmuid. But first, goddamn, that's an Irish name. Here's how: your teachings have become outdated. The millennia of not updating shit has finally caught up with you.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 4:13 pm
by Malcolm
Vatican: Same-sex marriage is a "defeat for humanity."
Without mentioning Ireland's referendum vote, the pope described marriage as "the alliance of love between a man and a woman."
Or a priest and an altar boy.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 4:42 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:Vatican: Same-sex marriage is a "defeat for humanity."
Without mentioning Ireland's referendum vote, the pope described marriage as "the alliance of love between a man and a woman."
Or a priest and an altar boy.
To be fair, priests never tried marrying the alter boys.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 5:06 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote:Vatican: Same-sex marriage is a "defeat for humanity."
Without mentioning Ireland's referendum vote, the pope described marriage as "the alliance of love between a man and a woman."
Or a priest and an altar boy.
To be fair, priests never tried marrying the alter boys.
Of course not, that'd be gay (and probably underage) marriage. That's something they'll go on the record and actively campaign against. But based on the number of transferred and shuffled pedo priests, I get the feeling they're not willing to put forth the effort on that issue.
Thoughts:
1) God made everyone in his image.
2) Some people are gay.
Conclusion: I guess god's kind of gay.
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Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:40 pm
by TPRJones
The classic reply to that would be that God doesn't make people gay, Satan does.
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 9:33 pm
by Malcolm
TPRJones wrote:The classic reply to that would be that God doesn't make people gay, Satan does.
Nah, Satan only exists because the almighty lets him. For some equally unfathomable reason. All part of the plan. Which means he's letting the devil make them gay. It's still ultimately on him.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:06 pm
by Leisher
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 1:29 pm
by Malcolm
Much as I like the old captain...
Stewart argued that nobody should be forced to write specific text that they disagreed with.
... his reasoning invites further questions. Does he explicitly mean "writing" or does that have equivalent weight with "talking" or any other form of expression? It's not hard to get from there to "you shouldn't be forced to do anything you don't want." I don't agree with the gov't on 99.9% of the taxes they levy. I'm still forced to pay.
And finally, a few people still don't get it:
Coleen Nolan previously expressed a similar sentiment, although it was perhaps not as carefully worded.
The Loose Women panelist played devil's advocate for the bakery, comparing their reaction to being asked to support gay marriage to a Westerner being asked to ice a cake supporting ISIS.
No, it's not, Coleen. I'm pretty sure most ISIS members are that way because they chose it. I'm equally certain that gay marriage supporters haven't resorted to suicide bombers.
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 11:29 am
by TPRJones
Hey, at least it's a step up from comparing homosexuals to pedophiles and dog fuckers.
Progress!
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:23 pm
by GORDON
I self identify as canine and I find your post extremely triggering.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:36 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:I self identify as canine and I find your post extremely triggering.
Chase some cars and I might believe you.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:42 pm
by GORDON
Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:I self identify as canine and I find your post extremely triggering.
Chase some cars and I might believe you.
Better check your privilege cis scum.
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 12:55 pm
by Malcolm
GORDON wrote:Malcolm wrote:GORDON wrote:I self identify as canine and I find your post extremely triggering.
Chase some cars and I might believe you.
Better check your privilege cis scum.
Better check your rabies shots, Fido.