I want people to privately practice their religious beliefs as they see fit. Publicly, I wanted a unified body of law that reflects broader public opinion and is not done so for individual religious purposes. I'll give you an example:

Gay Marriage: No problem with priests and churches not marrying two men.
Chicago Courthouse: No problem with a judge marrying two men.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I don't believe that your example is feasible long term.

But getting back to your original point, the belief of doing unto others is a Christian concept, and not something that is universally agreed upon. It is reflected in many of our laws because christians brought it to the public square.

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I don't believe so, no ... I'm guessing his flavor of Christianity centers around the perverse and/or heretical idea of 'Profit Theology' which I would suggest amplifies his already peculiar predilections and disconcerting idiosyncrasies.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Yeah you're right. Religion in the West as we know it is dying. All the stats point that way- church attendance, closing of religious schools, identification, etc. So at some point in the not too distant future, religion will have next to nothing in terms of impact on civil society.

And frankly the close mindedness of MANY religious types has pushed me towards thinking this is a good thing. Too much intolerance among that crowd.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

You may not be interested in religion, but religion is interested in you.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Now you've done it.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Yeah, now I completely support dman.

So because you feel religion is dying and has no impact on society, hardly makes your feelings true.

Furthermore, it is exactly why your example is not feasible.

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To be clear, you're saying legalizing gay marriage isn't feasible, correct?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Surveys shows religion is dying in the West.

Religion has an impact on society now but most likely that will diminish in the future if current trends continues.

My feelings have nothing to do with any of it.

My example is not only feasible it is in fact happening. The Supreme Court has ruled that civil gay marriage is the law of the land. Unless I am mistaken, churches are not forced to marry same sex couples. That is reality. AND it is a beautiful thing.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

No nation that has ever legalized gay marriage has lasted more than 1000 years, duh.

Too be clear, this how rumors get started.

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Exactly. It's offensive to all women to force it.

Oh I forgot that all women 'choose' to wear them.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

What I'm saying is that at some point, churches will not be allowed to choose not to marry two men or women.

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Well Catholic Churches have not been forced to allow female priests even with all of our Civil Rights laws. So I think there is pretty good precedent that the government is going to allow churches to keep "discriminating" as long as they want. Now you may be referring to courts forcing businesses to serve situations they do not approve of like making a cake for a gay couple. I can't help you there because those businesses are not a church. And allowing those businesses to discriminate in that way leads us back down an ugly path.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Good luck. Lots of persecution complexes because people have more rights now.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Well it amazes me that we would even need laws or courts to tell a business that it must sell to a lawful customer. It is really a sad state of affairs when you would refuse service to someone. But oh well, I saw Remember the Titans, so I guess it used to be worse. They didn't even like the California White Boy in that movie.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

people can be annoying. I shouldn't have to work for someone annoying if I don't want to.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Are you saying the people of Hanover Park are annoying?

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I'm not starting any rumors. I asked you what you were referring to because you left it pretty vague, which is out of character for you.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Um... you don't have to?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

So you are unaware of attempts by the previous POTUS to force a group of nuns to pay for things like the abortion pill, or you just think that it government intervention won't go any further?

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Btw, if Catholics don't give Communion to satanists is that a civil rights offense as well?

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Now you have a president that will say anything. Will those words solve anything? Insulting over a billion people and claiming you are at war with an entire religion won't solve anything.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Unless of course it's Christians clinging to religion and guns. In that case, insult away!

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Ecclesiastes 5:8

There is a group that hates all Muslims because of ignorance.

White men have been responsible for more wars and terrorism than any group of people on earth. I defend them daily and never state that all are evil because of the words or actions of a small minority.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

The Little Sisters of the Poor are a church?

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

That was a Christian man pointing out flaws in his fellow Christians. Isn't that what you ask of Muslims?

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul