ITA with this assessment of this group of people. I've been in this same argument with individuals from this group that it's ridiculous. They start by asking if I'm gay. What does that have to do with anything? I believe in equality and equal rights. Period. Regardless of whether or not I'm in the group experiencing the discrimination. I counter by asking WHY they find homosexuality to be an abomination. I got enough replies about no other animals engaging in such behavior that I used to carry around clippings of several studies of homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom. (Do we think these animals are choosing an alternative lifestyle? Did the "bad" older gay monkeys, etc, just need to recruit fresh "meat?") They either deny the science or launch into a Bible-based diatribe. I let them go on and on until they run out of steam and then ask why they think the early Christians so reviled homosexuality. I have yet, after having this argument for 20 years, to get a single response which has any historical understanding or accuracy in it. So, the RASSMP feel that they have God on their side and it is true that passing laws granting equal rights will never, ever dent the bigotry and hatred which Christianity is promulgating against homosexuals.
I can hardly wait for "The Passion of the Christ" to open in a few days. (Heading for the local bomb-shelter while watching the line at the theatre.)
Re: the RASSMP
I counter by asking WHY they find homosexuality to be an abomination. I got enough replies about no other animals engaging in such behavior that I used to carry around clippings of several studies of homosexual behavior in the animal kingdom. (Do we think these animals are choosing an alternative lifestyle? Did the "bad" older gay monkeys, etc, just need to recruit fresh "meat?")
They either deny the science or launch into a Bible-based diatribe. I let them go on and on until they run out of steam and then ask why they think the early Christians so reviled homosexuality. I have yet, after having this argument for 20 years, to get a single response which has any historical understanding or accuracy in it.
So, the RASSMP feel that they have God on their side and it is true that passing laws granting equal rights will never, ever dent the bigotry and hatred which Christianity is promulgating against homosexuals.
I can hardly wait for "The Passion of the Christ" to open in a few days.
(Heading for the local bomb-shelter while watching the line at the theatre.)