Should religious organizations who oppose gay marriage be labeled hate groups?
366061
I changed my mind. The answer is yes, just because once you've been tagged like that, you're going to have to do something incredibly generous to shrug the tag off. We call people for what they are: if they can't come up with a convincing argument why we are still denied our civil rights that doesn't involve lying about the nature of God, then they're haters.
135392
No--1st amendment.  If the radical group breaks the law, then the lawbreakers should be prosecuted according to the law.  It is not against the law to hate--it is against the law to discriminate or hurt people.
1094855
Personally, I say yes, but that is definetely not the stance of most churches. I am a Christian, and I am against the government controlling womens choice (which lumps me in the pro-choice category) even though my church (Catholic Church) is anti-abortion.\nAs for the gay/lesbian issue, this is one where people are taking scripture out of context, and judge people based on their own misconception. While the bible does say that homosexuality is an abomination to God, it is just another sin like lying, and all sins are equal. as a Christian you should be accepting of everyone and not judge anyone based on their sin as you are not free of sin either, so you should be fine with that. Unfortunately ignorant and rude "Christian" people hate the gay/lesbian community because they live sin also, and those people don't look into themselves and see that they aren't any better.
350159
I think so. That must be what goes on at church. "I know the Bible says you shouldn't kill, but if you see a non-believer, then it's okay for you to go out and bash that mother up." No I kid, when I used to go to church it was a somewhat sane experience. \n\nI did hear a quote though, it went somthing like "You know somthing's wrong when God hates the same people you hate."
884507
Not at all! I back them up actually. If God wanted to promote homosexuality, then he would allow man-man woman-woman realationships, but he doesn't. He actually destroyed 2 cities (Sodom and Gomorrah) with a rain of fire because they were practising homosexuality.
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i do know that they have sponsored gay pride rallies in the past,but do not anymore.\n\nMirium B! can you come up with something else to justify your hate besides that lame onliner?im guessing not,typical hater.
566144
I love it how members of this "loving" cult say that they are the kindest people you will ever meet, yet when you say you dont believe in God, they say you will go to hell.  What is loving about that?\n\nOFA, there is no law preventing the insults of individuals or groups, in fact it is protected under the First Amendment... except this is a website that is not under American law, it is under international law.
956269
Extremely dangerous. It is people like them that do the most harm to America. These people are supposed to be preaching tolerance and forgiveness. However they use their pulpits to help split America by their hate-mongering. The separation of church and state no longer exists. I feel every church that even hints at which way you should cast your vote should be shut down immediately. Enough of these sick, twisted, immoral hypocrites. God-like? How about Godless.
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As the gay-hating (for lack of a better word) in Christianity and most modern organized religion stemmed from base hatred of gay supporting cultures (as in Rome, where homosexuality in men was considered more 'manly'), such things were probably used to discourage people in an ancestor-based society. \n\nIt has been proved wrong, however. I know many gays with children. They adopt or have children by other means.
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The Alliance Defense Fund has actually. They sue to keep OUR RELIGOUS FREEDOM. Something the ACLU is against in alot of these cases. The ACLU does some good fine. They need to be dismantled and rebuilt though. All groups like that need to be every few years because they get too powerful and forget what they are supposed to do.
115632
Yes.\nReligion is just another political group with figure heads representing its constituants.\n\nall ideas should be questioned.  especially when those ideas are cited when causing harm to other groups of people.
164945
I believe that any organiztion or party threatening others or having their purpose based in hatred - Is the opposite of free speech. We are not "free" to harm others or to threaten harm to others. Threats and violence are counter \nfreedom activities. KKK is a disgrace to humanity. May be that's why they hide under sheets. I say put them all on an island and let them do each other in. Al Qaida and company too. Violence begets violence. Non productive and ignorant.
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I don't believe in calling things "hate crimes".  A crime is a crime, and we are not supposed to be able to prosecute based on what someone's feelings, beliefs or thoughts were in conjunction with the crime.  It should be enough that it amounts to vandalism, harassment, and possibly intimidation (assault).  If you criminalize something on the basis of someone "not liking Jews," then you are essentially criminalizing certain unpopular or offensive thought -- and that is a road we certainly should do all we can to avoid going down.\n\nCali Girl, why are you amazed that "in the 21st century" people still do this?  We live in a world in which muslims kill other muslims because they're not the "right" sect of muslim!!  I don't see it EVER ending, unfortunately.\n\n\n-Jeffrey
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Good for you for having thought through and seen through the BS. I feel that it is to satisfy the bigoted jerks who put Christianity first in politics instead of putting people first. This world is hard enough without legislating hate. My husband and I considered not marrying in protest of Bush's stance on gay marriage, but he is national guard, so we needed to make sure I was able to speak for him if and when deployed....It's cruel and thoughtless and most of all, it is the very kind of bigotry we have worked so hard to overcome. And forget about the answers that clearly do not understand the point you are making about the troops...they are off fighting for freedom for another country...mean while, back home, we are taking freedoms from our own people.
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absolutely. its against every bible priciple about protecting the young and defenseless to just turn their heads and ignore the blatent immoral and abusive behavior of the priests.  i dont see how anyone can honestly believe that God supports an organization who allows/condones such horrible acts.
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Of course I'm appalled... but that's the ACLU.  Their origins were sound and reasonable... but they have crossed into areas that are amusing/appalling !!\n\nThe ACLU will defend anyones right to their interpretation of "free-speech":  the Klan, White Supremicists, Islamic Terrorists...\n\nThen again... it's nice to have a counter to the Religious Right who wish to ban: Harry Potter books, Catcher in the Rye, etc.
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first off, does the organization have a lease for the facilities?  If so you can check the lease to see if there is any violation of the terms of the lease.\n\nRegarding separation of church and state, I believe as long as the mission of the organization is nonsectarian, that is, providing assistance or service to those of all religions, then it is not violating church/state restriction. \n\nYou could be a bit more specific about the activities and mission of the organization for a better answer.