we all have our opinions on certain subjects, but labelling someone a "killer" because she has had an abortion without knowing the full facts is dangerous also saying someone who is gay is "sinful and evil". Is it only me that gets mad with the self rightious comments of some ppl??
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Nope, it's not just you.\n\nFrom what I've seen, the ppl replying that way are the ones who are "holier than thou" and like to quote scriptures as a way to back up their self-righteous behavior.\n\nOpinions are great, until someone tries to trample all over someone else's!\n\nI imagine I'm like many, in that if someone tries to shove their opinion down my throat it usually makes me stand that much more firm in my own belief.  My opinion is my truth and not that of anyone else's.
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hey!!! my frend evie just had the greatest idea! u could rite about abortion. It's a great topic that many people dislike. hope this helps!
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Yes, like you I am sick of labels.  It is not important to know whether a person is gay or straight.  People are too anxious to wag their little tongues if they think they know something another does not.
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To some point of your question, I agree. I don't like others attemping to force thier beliefs on me. But, just listen anyway.They mean well, but do not realize what they are doing. But from a standpoint of their beliefs, they are doing what they think is right. Just grin and bear it.
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I'm with you. I've often wondered the exact same thing! Like with Lacy Peterson, or other murdered pregnant women. There's this huge uproar...Oh that poor baby...it was...murdered. Ok, so then why is it legal to go and voluntarily murder that baby? Is it ok because it kills only the baby, not you? Sad thing is, if abortion were made illeagel women would still do it, and possibly get themselves killed in the process. But, why? Is it worth it to you?? To be rid of this "burden" as you see it, at the risk of your own life? If people aborted every unplanned pregancy, a lot of us wouldn't be here. Look, it isn't a choice between aborting the child or becoming a mother. there's another option...adoption. Heck, they even have laws now saying you can just leave the baby at a hospital or fire station or other drop points with no questions asked, no reprecussions. There are thousands of loving families out there who want a baby so bad and adoption is the only way they can. You say you were raped or something? Well, two wrongs don't make a right. Murdering an innocent baby changes nothing. Now you have to deal with the rape and the guilt of knowing you murdered your own child. I'm sorry, nothing makes this right. JMO
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Thank you, my point exactly. Who ever thinks being gay is a choice should be taken to an asylum for a session of electroshocks. Being attracted to the same sex is not a choice made out of perversion, it is an instinctual aspiration from within. (I hate to hear so much hypocrisy from our religious friends...Jesus was crucified, never once lifting a finger to hurt anyone, not even to save himself. The son of God; the most powerful being wasn't killed by perverted wicked people, he was killed by the so-called righteous? That friends, is evil and perversed... that which people do in the name of righteousness.) In all honesty, I now understand why religion is attacking homosexuality with everything it's got. The day homosexuality is discovered to be valid (for example found to be genetic) is the day religion is unmasked as a fraud. {And you can quote me.}      \n\nAs for those who say it's un-natural...just remember... toilet paper is un-natural (along with electricity, television, cell-phones, etc...) << be creative...  "Don't be so egar to judge. In a world of defects, no one can critique"
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AMEN SISTER!!!!\nI'm not a religious guru myself, and I'm very tired of the gay bashing, but I do recall many people saying that if you hate upon others or something like that, that that's a sin as well...i'm not sure I don't read the Bible...\n\nI get really offended with this bullshizzle about that i'm going to hell because i'm a lesbian...well you know what? The people whom are trying to convert are the real sinners, and God does love all of his children...\n\nSo again, Thank you for the psudo question...
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As a Christian who has had this said to me before, the main thing is that with anything, sometimes people are too pompous and make a bad impression.  So that one bad apple that ruined it for the person expressing those comments creates a stereotype.  In doing so, that stereotype gets passed on to others.  In all honesty, it's similiar to how Republicans feel that Democrats are useless and vice versa.  One bad opinion ruins it for everyone.
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Interesting article indeed. I do agree with you in the sense that it is not a choice- it is only explainable by they way a person FEELS or thinks, not by the way he WANTS to think. I hate people who hate people with different sexual orientations- they dont have a right to judge people by their feelings and preferences, although i dont have a gay/lesbian friend in person.
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I think it is horrible that people of any faith would post such nasty comments. I am a believer in God, but do not call myself a Christian. I have had bad experiences with them like yours. These people are not being very good Christians as they are going against a lot of what the bible teaches, ie tolerance and not judging others. You should ignore these people and keep asking questions. It is how we learn and understand.
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Joanna,\nYou ask a genuinely thoughtful and, I think, respectful question.  You deserve a likewise, respectful answer.  I don't know your age, so I can't determine how much experience you may have talking about or hearing different views on the subject of   people's sexual orientation.  I've had many years of listening to the rantings of religious conservatives (granted, usually through the media) who have at various times claimed that: gays deserved AIDS as it is God's punishment for immoral behavior; gays and lesbians should not be allowed to teach school, providing a negative role model for kids; homosexuality is sinfully perverted, no different than pedophilia, or any number of other criminal behaviors; public signs of affection between same sex partners is somehow more disgusting and socially aberrant than straight PDA's; etc, etc, etc, etc, ad nauseum.\n\nIf gay people and those who know, love and support them and their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness have a hard time having a "talk" with religious conservatives (Christian or otherwise) it may be because there often seems to be a condescending, 'holier than thou' attitude to these discussions.  We're told that "I love homosexuals, but hate their lifestyle", or "God made us all equal, but we must overcome our urges to sin"!  Ugh, it's depressing, frustrating and frankly insulting coming from someone who isn't gay and hasn't lived through the threats, intimidation and sometimes physical violence perpetrated on gay people.\n\nWe sometimes feel like the 'last acceptable minority' to single out to disparage and scapegoat.  Sorry, Joanna, but you asked the question, and I want you to know the answer from my perspective.  I'm a spiritual person, who believes deeply in my connection to God, the divine, and it's awfully offensive to have to hear people with no greater moral compass than I, and often I think, much less, offer pronouncements on my soul's fate.\n\nThat you've "never heard anyone say 'I HATE gays'...", doesn't sound very convincing to me, I'm afraid.  It does speak volumes about 'how' we hear what we hear, and what we 'want' to hear at times.  Trust me, it's being said, in many ways subtle, sometimes with sweet, sweet kind tones.....but make no mistake about it, the intention IS there.\n\nI wish we could have had this discussion in person; I certainly don't mean to offend you, and I hope I don't come across that way, but I do emphatically want to stress that when you, or anyone talks to a gay person about their life, lifestyle, etc. you are treading on something so fundamental, so private, and so much about who they are as a person, that you can't help but stir their deepest feelings.
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its a hypocritical name that some people use. some people are only pro life in terms of a fetus, but they support the death penalty, which we all know has some problems.
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I think Christians attack homosexuals in our society more frequently than other people who do things against the scriptures is because right now in our country, this is hte most controversial issue.  The church is just doing what the rest of the country is.  They'r etaking the most profound issue and discussing it.  You just don't like what they're saying.  Just because they say homosexual behavior is sinful, that doesn't mean they hate you.  A lot of poeple call themselves Christians, and don't even know the 10 commandments.  You can't let those people get to you.  Real Christians don't hate sinners because they know that they are sinners as well.  All sins are the same.  You say you are a Christian gay, which means you probably don't feel that homosexuality is a sin.  That will definately make you look at the church's responses with a bias.  Dude, i can love you, but that won't mean im gonna think ur right.  just like a guy can rob a jc pennys and kill the clerk.. i can love him but i'm not gonna say what he did was write.  those are all equal sins.. homosexuality, theft, murder.  its all sin.  buut.. u'll prolly ignore everything i said because ur not gonna wanna hear it.
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Becouse people who are anti-gay seem to flock to the gay arias of the internet and take offence, they have turned the section into a gay-bashing section where real questions are lost to stupid comments and offensive mitarial.\n\nThese same peopel either report you as abuse, or take offence and psot so many reported answers that Yahoo is forced to delete the question.\n\nIf this aria was set up like any other, the subject matter would reflect discussion, an opertunity to explore the issues of the gay community, and not stupid questions and un-related topics.\n\nThis is gotten away with becouse of the negitive outlook of the gay community in general, and the lack of seriousness in that feild.
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I posted a question a while back on discrepancies in the bible.  It was not an attacking question, not rude, not, IMHO, offensive.  It was a question.  It basically stated that I had read somewhere that every verse in the bible was directly contradicted elsewhere and I asked whether it was true and where I might find documentation if so. \n\nThe question was deleted.\n\nThe moral of the story is, hide in a corner and don't do anything to offend anyone.  Don't do anything anyone disagrees with.  Wait, some people might be offended if you hide in a corner.  Just kill yourself.  Oh, no, Christians are morally outraged at suicide (although not at murder of an unborn child, drug addiction, murder in the name of 'patriotism' or 'for God' or as punishment for crime....) so better not kill yourself.  Um.....I guess just stand around and try not to breathe anyone else's air and no one will get mad, report you, ask for your questions to be removed.....whatever.
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According to the Yahoo blog, this has happened. Some bad person just reported it & they had to delete it for the time being. They are working on ways to stop it and have apologised to those it has happened to. I think this has become a little more popular than they thought. Anyway, \nstay patient & if you didn't do anything wrong do not let someone else's narrow opinion upset you!
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Why is that such a small percentage of the population can cause so much grief. Most of the people in this country still see homosexuality for what it is morally wrong. If they must be together I am not even going to attempt to stop them. Neither will I ever embrace their cause,and this is what really irks me that the homosexual community and their supporters insist that I do so or then I must be a homophobe. The lifestyle in my view is no different than an addiction to drugs or alcohol or any other aberrant behavior. "I often hear live and let live" FINE don't try to force me into accepting what I cannot and will not.