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Originally posted by justamom
The one word I am really sick to death of hearing is "discrimination". Not to pick on you Lunawolf, but I've read your thread most recently. Why is it NOT OK to be wary of a "Christian Witch" but OK to be wary of a Lesbian? I have seen examples of this on GC time after time. When it suits us, anyone with a different opinion gets hit with the LABEL of DISCRIMINATION. Yet when we agree, then we pat ourselves on the back about how open minded we are and how "with it" our thinking is. HOG WASH! People have the RIGHT to their FEELINGS! People have the right to share their time with whoever they want. We are NOT talking about Government jobs here, we are talking about social time...PERSONAL time...OUR INDIVIDUAL CHOICE of friends. I don't care if you are in Canada or Mississippi. When a group chooses WHO they want to affiliate with, it boils down to THEIR preferences. All the NPC mission statements in the WORLD will not change the individual groups. Heck, they can't even get the chapters to stop dirty rush or scavenger hunts-child's play compared to some of the recent issues.
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But what if I decide that I don't feel comfortable around women who are not white? Or women who are not blonde? Or women whose parents make less than $100,000 a year? If those are my personal feelings, should I be allowed to act on them? Should my sorority be allowed to keep those women out just because we feel uncomfortable around women who are not "just like us?"
A line needs to be drawn somewhere.
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Originally posted by DZHBrown
One thing people have to realize is that some people have religious convictions that form their opinions about homosexuality. It's just as closed minded of those who bash them for their conviction as you think it is for them to not be comfortable about gays. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and their feelings and it isn't fair to flame someone because their opinion is different from yours. Who's to say who has the "right" view?
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I've yet to find a religion which's religious text says "Don't be friends with gay people." Even some of the most devoted Christians I know have gay and lesbian friends because they figure that while the Bible says that homosexuality is not OK, it also says to love everyone ("hate the sin, love the sinner"?), and they figure it's not their right to judge -- that's up to God.