has tv become too diverse....?

[The Dark King]

Gays also are harder working,creatively artistic and more focused than straights. They are more united than straights as a community. They know what's going on and they are very aware of the challenges faces them and their place in the world.

I do not assume. You're the one who is doing the assuming. I have seen a lot of gays who are wealthy and a lot who are poor. I have seen a lot of those in the LGBT community working in the corporations, teaching and other fields. If you are unable to see that, open your eyes and your mind.

Ok if you say so lol. Gays are superior to straight folk, apparently I missed the study that deems sexual orientation the litmus for success. Thanks for the pseudo education lol

 

[pettyofficerj]

Ok if you say so lol. Gays are superior to straight folk, apparently I missed the study that deems sexual orientation the litmus for success. Thanks for the pseudo education lol

I have to admit..this is one conversation this forum NEVER had

Who says originality is dead

 

[Gorath]

Ok if you say so lol. Gays are superior to straight folk, apparently I missed the study that deems sexual orientation the litmus for success. Thanks for the pseudo education lol

Observation is learning, TDK. Nothing pseudo about that. I didn't say that gays were superior to straight folk. Just more focused in a work environment. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with one's individual success. They know what and where they are. So, like anyone else in their position(especially in the workplace), they have to work harder. Like we do on our jobs. It is all about survival. Some individuals and groups follow this example.

 

[The Dark King]

Observation is learning, TDK. Nothing pseudo about that. I didn't say that gays were superior to straight folk. Just more focused in a work environment. Sexual orientation has nothing to do with one's individual success. They know what and where they are. So, like anyone else in their position(especially in the workplace), they have to work harder. Like we do on our jobs. It is all about survival. Some individuals and groups follow this example.

Ok if you say so

 

[Soulthinker]

True G,they are even strong in their clout to force two red state legislators to change their laws in a number of days not months or years. Most of those couples are more rich than a lot of hetro couples.

 

[K]

True G,they are even strong in their clout to force two red state legislators to change their laws in a number of days not months or years. Most of those couples are more rich than a lot of hetro couples.

Where are you getting this information from?

 

[Peach State Scholar]

True G,they are even strong in their clout to force two red state legislators to change their laws in a number of days not months or years. Most of those couples are more rich than a lot of hetro couples.

If you're talking about the RFRA laws in Indiana and a few other states, that wasn't just gay people making noise, it was the threat of boycotts, ridicule, and a lot of other things that made them think twice. A lot of straight people were as offended by those laws as anything else.

 

[wtarshi]

True G,they are even strong in their clout to force two red state legislators to change their laws in a number of days not months or years. Most of those couples are more rich than a lot of hetro couples.

 

[pettyofficerj]

If you're talking about the RFRA laws in Indiana and a few other states, that wasn't just gay people making noise, it was the threat of boycotts, ridicule, and a lot of other things that made them think twice. A lot of straight people were as offended by those laws as anything else.

As a straight guy, I'm offended by it because it blacks were denied service by businesses too

All I see is a slippery slope

I don't see how any of us could get behind a bill like that

 

[Peach State Scholar]

As a straight guy, I'm offended by it because it blacks were denied service by businesses too

All I see is a slippery slope

I don't see how any of us could get behind a bill like that

Back in the days, plenty of segregationists used religion to justify Jim Crow laws. Slave owners used scripture to try to justify slavery. Men used scripture to justify that a woman's place is in the home, subservient to her man. Needless to say, I disagree with all of those things.

They're trying to pass a similar bill here in Georgia but one of the Republicans(!) added some language to the bill stating that the law, if passed, could not be used to justify discrimination. The sponsors of the bill, who swore up and down that their bill was not for the purposes of discrimination, had a fit once that language was added...now I wonder why?

 

[pettyofficerj]

Back in the days, plenty of segregationists used religion to justify Jim Crow laws. Slave owners used scripture to try to justify slavery. Men used scripture to justify that a woman's place is in the home, subservient to her man. Needless to say, I disagree with all of those things.

They're trying to pass a similar bill here in Georgia but one of the Republicans(!) added some language to the bill stating that the law, if passed, could not be used to justify discrimination. The sponsors of the bill, who swore up and down that their bill was not for the purposes of discrimination, had a fit once that language was added...now I wonder why?

Seriously

Like that old saying goes, those who don't know/ignore history are doomed to repeat it

 

[orejon4]

If you're talking about the RFRA laws in Indiana and a few other states, that wasn't just gay people making noise, it was the threat of boycotts, ridicule, and a lot of other things that made them think twice. A lot of straight people were as offended by those laws as anything else.

True. And let's not forget the pressure from such bastions of social justice and struggle as Wal-Mart and the Chamber of Commerce, worried about their bottom lines.

ROFLMAO

As a straight guy, I'm offended by it because it blacks were denied service by businesses too

All I see is a slippery slope

I don't see how any of us could get behind a bill like that

True. Everyone is free to hold their own beliefs, but the economy is the public sphere, and you can't allow private religious convictions to dictate any group's access to goods and services, if a business holds itself forth as a "common carrier".

 

[pettyofficerj]

I'm still laughing at this thread title and the silly bastard in the media that prompted this whole debate

I've been watching tv all weekend and this shit is like a blizzard in January

 

[andreboba]

Back in the days, plenty of segregationists used religion to justify Jim Crow laws. Slave owners used scripture to try to justify slavery. Men used scripture to justify that a woman's place is in the home, subservient to her man. Needless to say, I disagree with all of those things.

They're trying to pass a similar bill here in Georgia but one of the Republicans(!) added some language to the bill stating that the law, if passed, could not be used to justify discrimination. The sponsors of the bill, who swore up and down that their bill was not for the purposes of discrimination, had a fit once that language was added...now I wonder why?

Nothing in the Bible justifies or advocates discrimination because of sexual orientation.

You're right it's just a cover for bigots to hide their prejudice behind the Bible.

If you really broke some of these fundamentalist 'Christian' down, you'd find that many of them are in favor of collecting all gay folk in concentration camps and ending that problem altogether.

Christ ministered to the condemned, prostitutes and lepers.

I don't think he'd have a problem selling pizzas to someone having a gay wedding, or taking their wedding pictures.

Believers need to really ask themselves if homosexuality is like this top 5 sin, why is it not mentioned in the New Testament, God's new covenant through his son Jesus Christ??



States like Indiana and Arkansas got in line because the GOP most of all worships MONEY, and when Fortune 500 companies are calling up the governor saying we won't be doing business in your state any longer if this law isn't changed, the deal is done.

 

[Peach State Scholar]

Nothing in the Bible justifies or advocates discrimination because of sexual orientation.

You're right it's just a cover for bigots to hide their prejudice behind the Bible.

If you really broke some of these fundamentalist 'Christian' down, you'd find that many of them are in favor of collecting all gay folk in concentration camps and ending that problem altogether.

Christ ministered to the condemned, prostitutes and lepers.

I don't think he'd have a problem selling pizzas to someone having a gay wedding, or taking their wedding pictures.

Believers need to really ask themselves if homosexuality is like this top 5 sin, why is it not mentioned in the New Testament, God's new covenant through his son Jesus Christ??



States like Indiana and Arkansas got in line because the GOP most of all worships MONEY, and when Fortune 500 companies are calling up the governor saying we won't be doing business in your state any longer if this law isn't changed, the deal is done.

The fucked up part is that if they'd stuck to their principles (and I use that word loosely) and decided not to change anything even with the threat of losing a bunch of money and business, I'd have more respect for them. The fact that they caved as fast as they did means that I actually have a negative amount of respect for them.

I haven't set foot in a church in years but from what I can remember about the Bible, Jesus healed the sick and fed the hungry. He didn't straighten the gay.

 

[pettyofficerj]

The fucked up part is that if they'd stuck to their principles (and I use that word loosely) and decided not to change anything even with the threat of losing a bunch of money and business, I'd have more respect for them. The fact that they caved as fast as they did means that I actually have a negative amount of respect for them.

I haven't set foot in a church in years but from what I can remember about the Bible, Jesus healed the sick and fed the hungry. He didn't straighten the gay.

I'm thinking it has more to do with marriage being defined as a union between a man and a woman

Like I wrote before...the bible outlines a lot of shit....and if these religious types were legit.....they'd have no customers because everyone's fucked up

This is just more anti-gay/pro-everyone else stuff

 

[Peach State Scholar]

I'm thinking it has more to do with marriage being defined as a union between a man and a woman

Like I wrote before...the bible outlines a lot of shit....and if these religious types were legit.....they'd have no customers because everyone's fucked up

This is just more anti-gay/pro-everyone else stuff

A friend on a friend on FB broke it down perfectly.

Dear Valued Patrons,
Due to my sincerely held religious beliefs, and in light of the RFRA, recently signed by Governor Pence, I will no longer be doing business with the following persons nor permitting them in my establishment:

1. Divorcees. Matthew 19:9: “And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another, commits adultery.”

2. Anyone who has ever read their horoscope or called a psychic hotline. Leviticus 20:6: "As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people."

3. Anyone with a tattoo. Leviticus 19:28 "You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord."

4. Anyone born illegitimately. Also, anyone who, back to ten generations, is descended from someone born illegitimately. If you can not PROVE, using appropriate church sources, that ten generations of your family were born in wedlock, I will have to err on the side of caution and not serve you. Deuteronomy 23:2 "No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD."

5. Anyone who makes a practice of praying aloud, or in public. Matthew 6:5-6 "When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you."

6. Any woman with braided hair or gold jewelry. Just to be on the safe side, NO jewelry at all. 1 Timothy 2:9 "Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments."

7. Any man who has ever, by accident or not, had his genitals damaged. (Current interpretation of this scripture is under debate, so just to be safe, if you've had a vesectomy, or testicular cancer, I can't serve you. I apologize for the inconvenience but I am worried for my soul.) Deuteronomy 23:1 "A man whose testicles are crushed or whose penis is cut off may never join the assembly of the Lord."

8. Please don't bring your kids in if they have a bowl cut. Leviticus 19:27 reads "You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard."

For those of you complaining that some of these scriptures are from the Old Testament, and that Jesus came to redeem us from these laws, I refer you to Matthew 5:17-19, where Our Savior himself says: "Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. 18"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19"Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven"

Further, don't be coming around here being all atheist and stuff wearing blended fabrics after having eaten cloven hoofed animals and/or shellfish or while being a wife who isn't submissive and obedient to her husband (my personal favorite) and/or wasn't a virgin until married.

Whew. Being pious is hard.

Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience. It's nothing personal, "love the sinner but hate the sin" and all, but I simply can't serve anyone who would blatantly disregard God's sacred law. Have a blessed day.

 

[pettyofficerj]

Damn I hit like 5 of them joints

I had my palm read before......and I'm a bastard child

Guess I'm stuck baking d'giornos

 

[The Dark King]

It's odd none of these people feel as strongly about poverty homelessness and war. Oh yeah that would actually be for the common good and be the Christian thing to do.
I no longer recognize false prophets with their hypocritical self interested bs.

 

[pettyofficerj]

It's odd none of these people feel as strongly about poverty homelessness and war. Oh yeah that would actually be for the common good and be the Christian thing to do.
I no longer recognize false prophets with their hypocritical self interested bs.

Just shut up and eat your pizza

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