From RUOXAlum
Quote:
Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
I heart you for this, my Panhellenic sister, even though we have different views on things...

Unitarian-Universalists and Episcopalians are some places you may want to check out. Some, but not all individual ELCA Lutheran churches as well.

Fixed it for you (The entire denomination is for this, organizationally speaking.)

And this is why I was thinking universalist:D Sorry, Vito, we were on different tracks!

Without in any way denigrating the 10 Commandments or their importance, this is just way hyperbolic. (And not true.)

All depends where you are. In your part of the country, probably so. In my part of the country, not so much.

And quite humorous.

In a predominantly Christian country, people claim that the founding fathers were diehard Christians who based everything on Christian principles (as though Christian principles, in general, are all that unique to Christianity).

Similarly, in GLOs where the members are predominantly Christian, members tend to claim that the founders were diehard Christians who based everything on Christian principles.

They don't need evidence for these claims nor do they need to be silenced by evidence to the contrary. LOL.

Great. I never said there was anything in the Ten Commandments about homosexuality in the first place.
:rolleyes:

And furthermore, what is the point of this debate about religion?

See my post above.

Wow. I never knew that. I don't listen to Jakes though, but I'm surprised to hear that. Are you sure?

You are completely missing the point. You said we make most of our laws based on the ten commandments. I merely pointed out that the ten commandments expressly forbid adultery, but we don't have Christians running around trying to outlaw that now do we. The debate about religion came up because you used your religious beliefs as a reason for why gay marriage should not be legalized. If you don't like the validity of that view being debated, then keep it to yourself.
Religion itself has not been debated. No one here has said religion is bad or people are stupid for being religious. We've all just agreed to keep our religious beliefs to ourselves so they don't impinge on the free practice or lack of practice of religion of our fellow Americans.

Apparently he has been "accused" of promoting views deriving from Oneness Pentecostalism, which he denies. Read his article about it here.

You brought it up. You were asked why you thought same-sex marriage should not be legalized and you gave an answer based on religious beliefs.

@the part in bold: You might want to double check that. My state has laws against adultery AND against fornication. There are other states that have done so as well.

And I was ASKED my opinion by ONE person. That was not my attempt to say that EVERYONE should follow suit. so no, your debate about religion was not necessary based on that.

I gave my opinion based on it. As I just explained above, that was not my attempt to say that everyone should follow suit.

Amusing how people get so sensitive when religion is brought up. :rolleyes: Yes, most of our laws have sOME foundation in the Ten Commandments. That is NOT the same as saying that they were the sole guidance.

Word?

Aren't you doing the same thing?

Cue Ralph Tresvant...

That song is still my jam.

Nope. I'm just annoyed because I don't see why my opinion should spark debate. People are getting caught up in discussion about church and state like folks don't already know about that.