LGBTQ+ Rights and Religion

Nothing makes me headdesk harder than someone who thinks LGBT rights and religion are mutually exclusive.

Look at me, a rootin' tootin' Southern-fried Baptist. I think Abortion is a Sadistic Choice and I'm woohoo-yeehawin' for 'Murica. But even I think LGBT groups should get all the rights they've been denied for so long.

Jesus overturned the old laws during his Heroic Sacrifice. We didn't have to be afraid and walk on needles to be saved anymore. Even he broke some of the old laws by working on the Sabbath and the like, you probably know that story, to show that it was alright. If one insists that "11. No BENG GAY!f" still applies, you're essentially saying that he died for nothing.

I'm going to be honest, it's a seriously depressing topic for me. Nobody takes Christianity seriously anymore because these guys still exist, and I've been driven out of quite a few places the moment my faith was let public because of it. Like... Guys, I'm on your side, why are you yelling at me?!

edited 4th Mar '14 5:20:50 AM by BaffleBlend

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer

I wish I hadn't clicked on that. My brain hurts now. How are you driven out of a group you support?

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

Because they think "Everyone knows Belief Makes You Stupid, so you're still a homophobe."

Yes, it is confusing.

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer

I also hate when people treat religion and support of LGBT rights as mutually exclusive. First of all, they're typically only looking at Christianity, or if they look beyond it then only Abrahamic religions. Second, it ignores those with interpretations of their beliefs that support LGBT rights. Last but not least, it ignores those who are both religious and fit somewhere in the LGBT umbrella, such as myself (bisexual Christian).

It's a rather logical, if incomplete, chain. The people who oppose LGBT rights are Christian, therefore Christians oppose LGBT rights. It doesn't help that the loudest screamers are on the anti side, so they get all the press; the groups that are pro tend to get a brief mention if that.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

And they're praised as heroes for what amounts to their own hate crimes... it makes me sick. And by "sick", I mean literally ill — I actually have to go to therapy because I have regular flashbacks of one particularly vicious online attack.

*shudder* How smug and passive-aggressive that guy was still burns in my eyes...

edited 4th Mar '14 10:01:50 AM by BaffleBlend

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer

Also, "support" or lack thereof among the religious is more of a continuum than a "you do"/"you don't" proposition. Between complete hostility to and complete acceptance of the concept, there's a wide, fluctuating variety of stances between & within religious groups. So depending on the context, it's not always clear precisely what stance a given person is claiming to be consistent or inconsistent with his faith.

"She was the kind of dame they write similes about." —Pterodactyl Jones

Dalai Lama says no problem with gay marriage

Direct all enquiries to Jamie B Good

Methodist church drops internal charges against one minister for performing gay marriage. Of course they already defrocked another minister a few months ago.

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

Fuckin love that guy.

Going and watching him speak is on my bucket list.

Oh really when?

I had the joy of meeting and photographing him when he came to the Uof A in Fayetteville.

He is really just an awesomely casual and loveable guy. He let me hug him.

"Psssh. Even if you could catch a miracle on a picture any person would probably delete it to make space for more porn." - Aszur

Guys, do you happen to remember Kevin Swanson, the pastor who thought girl scout cookies turn people gay? Well, he's back, with an even more idiotic and ridiculous claim:

Disney's smash hit Frozen is indoctrinating kids to be gay. Yes you read that right. I've not been this pissed off for a while, it's like he didn't even watch the movie or something

edited 13th Mar '14 1:45:11 PM by tryrar

I think he just heard people taking Let It Go as a lesbian empowerment anthem without really paying attention to the context. Yeah, the song can be taken that way, when completely removed from the movie, but that's not what the song is about.

Not Three Laws compliant.

Let it Go can be put into ANY context about being yourself and still make sense really. Though, that still makes his argument bogus.

edited 13th Mar '14 1:52:50 PM by tryrar

If Disney really wants to indoctrinate the youngin's into the godless sodomite lifestyle...why wouldn't they just make a movie with an actual gay couple in it?

I presume they want to be subtle enough so as not to tip off the god-fearing, all-American parents who'd otherwise be swift to prevent their precious angels from getting be-gay-ified. While simultaneously being unsubtle enough that the blasphemous messages sear the tender souls of aforementioned precious angels like the sight of a Lovecraftian god. It's a tricky balancing act.

You know, the gay stereotype of being loud and flamboyant doesn't mesh well with the gay stereotype of being sneaky and underhanded.

The flamboyant, exaggerated gays distract your attention while the sneaky, underhanded gays slip in and steal your childrens' heterosexuality.

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Kentucky Baptists would rather starve children than stop discriminating.

edited 13th Mar '14 5:00:35 PM by BlueNinja0

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

.......I'm reminded of something my dad was fond of saying to telemarketers, and old AT&T joke. "If reach out and touch someone actually worked, I'm gonna reach through this [[strike phone]] monitor and jackslap the fuck out them."

Seriously, who is head of that baptist convention, and where do they live so I can go drive over there and punch him?

edited 13th Mar '14 7:37:19 PM by tryrar

Way to miss the forest for the one tree standing on its own waaaaay over on the other side of town. Who cares about the orientation of people working for charity? Those people don't deserve to be called Christian. GET OVER YOURSELVES!

edited 13th Mar '14 7:42:59 PM by Zendervai

Not Three Laws compliant.

x3 If the children starve to death, they'll never become gay.

And in the end, isn't that what really matters?

God damn us, every one! :D

Fire, air, water, earth...legend has it that when these four elements are gathered, they will form the fifth element...boron.

....I just received a link VIA pm as a rebuttal to that story.

All I can say is, going by that site, yeah right. Nice try

Me too.

Didn't open the link, though. I thought it was spam.

Guess I was wrong. Huh.

Anyways, I'm going to go burn down an orphanage or something. Ciao~

Fire, air, water, earth...legend has it that when these four elements are gathered, they will form the fifth element...boron.

Ugh... I wish I didn't click that. I feel kind of sick now. -_- Someone should do something about those guys, for real.

"It's liberating, realizing you never need to be competent." — Ultimatepheer