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Originally Posted by Mecha Cow
I know it's a religious thing; my point is that religion should have nothing to do with politics... in fact I recall there being a law stating this.
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The constitution was based on the separation of Church and State...at least until Richard Nixon woke up one morning and realized that bigotry, hatred, and religious segregation were great ways to assure a solid party base for generations to come. Now we call something like this a "social issue". It's just another way for religious extremists to propagate their hate while preaching love and spreading their power and influence.
Love should know no boundaries.
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Originally Posted by Type 97 Chi-ha
And why stop with same sex marriage? If we allow that, who not allow a man to marry several women, a practice common in many Asian and African nations (Nelson Mandela currently has two wives)? Why not allow brothers and sisters to marry, or parents and children? Why not allow children to marry (in Iran and undoubtedly many other countries, a girl can get married at age 13, or even as early as age 9 with parental permission)? Why not legally recognize marriage of humans and animals (yes, there are real-life cases of people who marry their pets)?
Hey, if same sex marriage is OK, you might as well accept all the rest of them.
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Take a look at the modern-day idiot folks. It's people like you that have ruined this once great country.
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Originally Posted by Canadian Turtle
And yes I agree with the European, the Church and State are getting closer which is sending America into a new dark age and working backwards in a horrific land slide no one is aware of.
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I know the degree varies drastically depending on what region of the country you hail from, but in my region at least, religious bigotry and hatred are everywhere. If a teacher were to try to teach children in my area about acceptance and tolerance of different people with a unique way of life such as this one did, parents would be picketing schools, and their rednecks husbands and sons would probably vandalize the place, or worse. Pastors would be on the conservative local news stations yacking about the corruption of America's youth by sin, the teacher would be forced to vacate her position, and laws would be immediately passed to force to prevent any further teachers from doing something similar.
It truly depresses me to no end to see what is happening to this country. I know people like this have been around forever, but now they've learned to focus their prejudice into a political message. America is rotting from the inside out while it's people wage a culture war over nonsense.
But to being the whole topic back around, what that teacher did brings a smile to my face. Anybody who stands up and tries to spread love and tolerance for other cultures is a hero in my book.