Marlboro Kid wrote:Arivali wrote:
Yeah... a CHRISTIAN tradition. Why can't you accept that those of us of other faiths don't want to be forced to follow YOUR god's law. You are allowed to believe it's a sin. And if you feel that way, don't marry someone of your own gender.
As previously stated, I'm an Eclectic Solitary Pagan. I don't believe it is a sin. What gives you the right to shove your beliefs down my throat?
Because your country is not a Eclectic Solitary Pagan country but probably one with deep roots in Christianity.
Religion or the lack of any can be part of the culture of your country. Like it or not and get over it.
Deep roots in religion have NOTHING to do with law. Firstly, we point out that religion back in "the way" (if we're talking about the founding of the US) was significantly different then it was today. It was not nearly so conservative in the sense that as a majority of people were religious, you didn't talk about it in the same way. Second, back then being non-religious got you killed. Lastly, the people who founded the US were partially Christian, partially Deist, and partially "don't care".
And its all irrelevant because they thought carefully about a number of very important documents and decided never once to mention anything religious, and went out of their way in the early years of the country to say the country is not based on religion.
And of course... being deeply rooted in Christianity does not give anyone the right to press their religion on another, nor does it mean America is culturally Christian. In fact, I'm thinking about it, and besides chunks of the country making a big deal about going to Church, I can't really think of anything that is culturally Christian these days (even the holidays are more about making money then religion). As a non-Christian, I don't find it in culture at all.
South Waxhaw wrote:Arivali wrote:
Yeah... a CHRISTIAN tradition. Why can't you accept that those of us of other faiths don't want to be forced to follow YOUR god's law. You are allowed to believe it's a sin. And if you feel that way, don't marry someone of your own gender.
As previously stated, I'm an Eclectic Solitary Pagan. I don't believe it is a sin. What gives you the right to shove your beliefs down my throat?
Not merely Christian... Have fun finding a major world religion where even 10% are homosexual
Uh... you know people are homosexual regardless of religion, right? Its not like Christians are less likely to be gay.
Besides, while the Abrahamic religions might oppose homosexuality (debatably), most eastern religions simply don't care. Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism to name a few.
That has nothing to do with religion. 
