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Originally posted by OUlioness01
Lovespell, if you don't mind i'm going to respond to your post here so people can see your reasoning. PM me if you would rather it not be posted here and i'll delete this post.
i disagree with this statement. interracial marriages were once very much frowned upon, but now i see them every day. the same is true of homosexual couples, only society as a whole hasn't accepted these couples yet (i'm not saying that every single person in our society has accepted interracial relationships, but it's not looked at the same way as it was even 25 years ago).
I have been raised in a family that can very much be considered "nontraditional" in this sense (not in the whole 16 wives thing, but the other). I've stated this before and been flamed for it, but I will not let that stop me from defending my family. It has taught my brothers, my sister, and myself, as well as all our friends, to accept people no matter their race, gender or sexual awareness. Every person I have met who has been raised by two people of hte same gender has been much more tolerant towards people's differences.
A judge and/or a politician's job is not to base their decisions on what their religious beliefs are, but rather what is for the good of people. ALL PEOPLE, no matter who they are. I"m not saying that all judges/politicians actually follow this theory, but that is what secularism was designed for.
I really respect your opinions. While I disagree with them I think it is a good idea that everyone else has a chance to read them too, and decide for themselves.
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NO I don't mind that you posted my thoughts here at all...
However, you cut and pasted part of what I was saying to make your point. The point I was making with Interracial vs. Homosexuality is that I can not CHOOSE whether I want to be black or white...but I can CHOOSE if I want to sleep with a woman. You cannot compare how someone is born vs a choice they make. I know some feel that homosexuality is not a choice...but I KNOW otherwise. I know some women that turn to women because they've been dogged by men, were sexually abused etc... but regardless of their reasoning....it was a choice they decided to make.
And while your situation may have turned out great...that still doesn't make it right. There are babies born addicted to crack that make astounding turnarounds...but doesn't mean its ok.
Secularism is the view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education. But for people that are religious, this is not possible. The premise behind secularism is to try to get Christians not to vote their moral or religius conscious...which I ask if that's not what you're going to do...why even proclaim to be a Christian?? BUt hey..if I was an atheist...I'd support secularism too.
We will have to agree to disagree
...but as I have stated before Our moral-less society is the direct reflection of the choices we make...and our children will suffer for our mistakes.