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  • Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'

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    pembroke said:
    Jesus is Yahweh...
    Nope.
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  • Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'

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    why- said:
    where does it say in Christianity that being gay is wrong?
    Well, since you asked, there's quite a few verses throughout the Bible that present homosexuality, along with many other things, as being sin in Gods eyes, such as in 1 Coninthians "Don’t you realize that those who do wrong will not inherit the Kingdom of God? Don’t fool yourselves. Those who indulge in sexual sin, or who worship idols, or commit adultery, or are male prostitutes, or practice homosexuality, or are thieves, or greedy people, or drunkards, or are abusive, or cheat people—none of these will inherit the Kingdom of God." 

    Notice how God doesn't single out one group of people, but rather calls all of those things wrong.

    The good news is that in the very next verse, we're told that God has made a way for us to be forgiven, through Jesus  - "Some of you were once like that. But you were cleansed; you were made holy; you were made right with God by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God."
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  • Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'

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    leighr said:
    So, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just wondering why I don't get the right to say that I disagree with homosexuality. And, according to the Bible, so does God.
    Who's saying you can't disagree? Disagreement, and discrimination are 2 different things. Nobody leads a spotless life. If you looked hard enough you could find something you vehemently disagree with in anyone's life. Sins are weighted, one isn't worse than another in God's eyes. A gay person isn't a worse sinner than a straight person. 
    Yes, I agree with you (I assume that you meant to type "sins AREN'T weighted).  In God's eyes, the sin of homosexuality is no worse than the sin of having an affair, stealing something, or even disobeying your parents. It all sin, and we all do sin. It's that want to take away the freedom to SAY that God says these things are sin. You can stand up in a school and say that homosexuality is right, but if you stand up and say homosexuality is wrong you can be arrested for discriminating, when all you are doing is expressing your belief or opinion. You're not allowed to disagree, and can be forced to accept something that you don't believe is right. 
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  • Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'

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    oseame said:
    leighr said:
    I totally agree. I don't understand why lgbt groups feel the need to push their beliefs onto everyone else. No one else can have an opinion, no one else can disagree with lgbt. If you disagree with Lgtb then you're wrong, you're phobic and you're intolerant. LGBT will NOT tolerate other people's beliefs or opinions, it's just totally unacceptable to have your own views. If they're allowed to have their opinion, why aren't I allowed to have mine?
    You can disagree all you like, you just can't discriminate. Anyway, shouldn't you be leaving the judgement up to god and turning the other cheek if you really are a Christian?
    So, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just wondering why I don't get the right to say that I disagree with homosexuality. And, according to the Bible, so does God.
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  • Apple says Mississippi 'religious freedom' bill 'empowers discrimination'

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    roake said:
    There is a difference between not discriminating and being forced to abandon ones personal beliefs.  This latest movement is yet another and an endless series of attempts to marginalize or suppress Christianity.

    For example, take a random mom and pop Christian bakery with a gay couple as customers.  Most would not have problems selling items to the couple, but when it comes to endorsing or celebrating that gay union (bake a cake by that bakery, with those names on the cake, in the bakers box), then they have the right to draw a line, if not an obligation.  Within their religion and most closely-held beliefs, to make that cake is wrong, and places their own souls at jeopardy for not doing what they believe to be right.

    Sure, there are tons of other bakeries, but none cares.  They want to force the Christians to do something that is against their beliefs.

    I'd like to see this tried in muslim communities.  When good ol' Butch and Billybob go to there to order a "wedding" cake and stir up some kind of controversy, it ends up with a couple beheadings.

    It's very easy to judge people.  We always want justice for others but mercy for ourselves.  Why do you think that difference exists?
    I totally agree. I don't understand why lgbt groups feel the need to push their beliefs onto everyone else. No one else can have an opinion, no one else can disagree with lgbt. If you disagree with Lgtb then you're wrong, you're phobic and you're intolerant. LGBT will NOT tolerate other people's beliefs or opinions, it's just totally unacceptable to have your own views. If they're allowed to have their opinion, why aren't I allowed to have mine?
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