As a white male, and a Christian-conservative, am I automatically restricted?
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you are the new minority.  eventually, maybe you will be considered a minority and reap the benefits.  don't hold your breath. they call you those because they don't have a sound argument to debate you and it is easier to shut you up by calling you those names.  it is meant as a manipulative control.  they can stop your freedom of speech by calling you those names.  and they don't have to prove their point with sound logical factual debate
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I'm an anabaptist, from the Church of the Brethren, but most of our churches are not very conservative. There are some conservative churches in my denomination. Check out www.brethren.org.
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Why does the God you describe have the same "with us or against us" attitude that Bush does? It's this simple. You can practice any given religion, without interference. That is your right. However, your rights stop where the rights of others begin. As everyone else has the same right, to practice any or no religion, you have no right to force your religion on them. God was inserted into our culture at a time when 99% of the people in it were christian. That is simply no longer the case, and equal rights must be upheld. By "erasing" God from our culture, we are not denying his existence, we are simply not affirming it. THAT is the middle ground. We're not saying that we know God doesn't exist, we're saying that we don't know that he does. As a nation. That is, some of us believe, and some of us don't, and some of us aren't sure. You have every right to believe in God, and worship him in any way you choose, within reason. But you do not have the right to demand that our government and our culture support your views over anyone else's. This is equality. The only way you could perceive it as an attack on your beliefs is if you want those beliefs forced on others, or the nation as a whole.
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Sorry, there are no authorities about this.\nThere are only opinions based on religion.\nAnd oddly, the religious differ a great deal.\nI've seen hard line conservative Christians say that it was OK, and I've seen very liberal Christians say no way.\nSame with Jews.\nFor me, I have some gay friends, some lesbian friends, and what \nwhat they do has no effect on me.\nLive and let live, as it should say in the Bible.
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Well, we could call you a Conservative. Or we could call you a Moderate. Or we could call you Conservatively Moderate or even Moderately Conservative....reminds me of that comedian guy..."Well, you can call me Larry or you could call...."\n\nNo, you won't be shunned. The Republican party has a fair amount of those like yourself..John McCain, myself. I applaud you as you are obviously able to see "out of the box" and are most likely a flexible, perceptive, insightful, constructive and well rounded person.
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i am a conservative because of my faith...
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Hi ! No there is no requirement to tie yourself to any church in particular to become a Christian. you have only to commit yourself to a relationship even if it's one on one with God and Christ as a statement of your belief. Truthfully no one has any more connection to God than you do right now if you are in search of Him. That is what He wants from us and affiliation with any organized church only broadens your personal contacts in this world regarding Him and your own relationship with Him. Just as in the rest of the world, you can be influenced by those around you and you must make choices regarding how you respond to those influences. Some influences are bad, and it is up to each of us to overcome the temptation to give in to bad influences. Now the only true answer to the conflict is communication with God, and a strong personal relationship with Him. And then you can learn how to hear what He says to your heart in your conversations with Him.  That said, try some churches out for your own opinion of them and find one in which you don't feel the phony-baloney going on, and then pray that God will speak to your heart to tell you where you should go. The benefit of a good church is only in fellowship and some experienced guidance to those things which you may not learn on your own.
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I hold all christians responsible for that guy protesting soldier's funerals, and all Republicans responsible for George Bush. I can hold all White people responsible for slavery, the KKK, Nazis and a bunch of dead indians... So I guess that's fair.
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Perhaps, but this political tactic is not solely a Conservative ploy...\n\nFrankly, I don't care much about the subject, one way or the other...\nI suppose what bothers me the most about it is that a number of plausible compromises on this matter, such as 'civil unions', have been offered by the overwhelmingly straight majority who, for whatever reasons, want to keep the word 'marriage' within the realm of a union between a man and a woman.\nHowever, these patently workable compromises have been rejected by a short-sighted gay minority lobby.\n\nI find this lack of compromise appalling...\n...for, as with the issue of immigration, the only way progress can be made in the future is to seek compromise within the present.\n\nperfect amer...:  Civil Unions, Domestic Partnerships, etc,... or whatever you want to call them, they actually DO provide for the  fundamental privileges that 'married' couples have.  Even without civil unions OR marriage most, if not all, of these same privileges could still be obtained through other legal means (e.g., Powers of Attorney).\nBut, given the other comments within your response, I think it's quite apparent that you're not concerned so much with the question at hand as you are with regurgitating adolescent liberal rhetoric.\nAs a political Independent, it would be refreshing to actually see something 'original' come from the  'left', as opposed to the same woeful spewings of political tripe...
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I don't think those are restricted in any way. You should be fine.
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As a conservative evangelical Christian, yes, I feel greatly misunderstood.  It seems there's a misconception that all Christians do is talk about God.  I have a career, kids, a mortgage, bills, and a wide variety of interests.  I'm a person, too!\n\nPeace.
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you can't unless you base it on race and religion...still not 100%
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They wouldn't ask if they thought things were a-okay.  Asking doesn't validate the behavior, but liberal answers, not based on Scripture say - oh hey be who you are, no worries.  they buy into.  but it isn't like that, as i wrote on your last question.
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Everybody gets there a different way.  The only actual restrictions that I can think of off-hand is that you must be at least 35 years old and you must have been born in the United States.\n\nAlthough all of our past Presidents have been white males, they have had many different backgrounds, but perhaps the most popular aside from being born into wealth is probably being a lawyer or a general in the military.
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you have rights...you should know that...but not in the respect where church on sunday is concerned.  Apparently you were not a church goer then. perhaps corporation is looking at this with you in a totally different manner. if you want to do something about it go above the persons head who told you, you have to work it one sunday a month.
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hi,\n it is difficult to answer this without sounding judgemental.... please believe me when i say that i am only putting myself where they MAY be.... It says in the Bible not to be unequally yoked, but that means in plain English that as a christian if you date a non christian it may become difficult for you to stick to your christian beliefs, personally if my sons where to date a non christian that had never had the chance to know the joy of Christ my priority would be to give them that opportunity.\nPraying that God will bless you in your search for answers.\nGod be with you\nShaz\nx x x x x x
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I disagree that a better idea would be to not show up, give a high estimate, or claim to be overbooked.  As odious as the landscaper's response was, at least they were honest.  Also this way both sides got a huge audience to hear their arguments.\n\nFrom what I know of my conservative Christian friends, Garden Guy might have been trying to "witness" to the couple in their own misguided way, thinking that if they enclosed a few Bible verses and told them why they wouldn't take their business, the couple would see the light, become Christians (assuming they aren't already Christians), and thank Garden Guy for showing them the way.\n\nWhy is discrimination a political issue?  I guess I'm naive, but is there a certain political party that is pro-discrimination? (And what is the euphemism the party uses as a substitute for that phrase, so they don't sound like prejudicial, judgmental people?)  If there is a political party that is generally supportive of this kind of behavior, why on earth are we tolerating that?  It saddens me that anyone wishing to join that political party because of views on economics, defense, etc., has to "sign on" to this other group of beliefs that seem to support discrimination and other unacceptable policies.\n\nThere should be no question or ambiguity that this action is overt discrimination.  I have faith that God will call people forward to change things in this country, and that one day, hopefully not too long from now, equal opportunity and equal treatment will be ensured via a Constitutional amendment.  \n\nAnd though it might be a harder, slower fight, I have faith that someday Christian churches will see their error and accept and love people who are gay.