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Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100201: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:41:52 PM

Correct Answer: No

Smartass Answer: Yes.

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#100202: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:45:37 PM

I'm not sure that considering homosexuality and sin but divorce okay is actually hypocritical. I mean she's still a horrible terrible person, but having different definitions of sin isn't inherently hypocritical.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#100203: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:47:13 PM

It just seems a bit weird to be banging on about the Sanctity Of Marriage™ after four divorces and at least one adulterous childbirth.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#100204: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:47:52 PM

Bah, people who do that are just too cowardly to be outright with their bigotry.

Oh really when?
Silasw A procrastination in of itself from A handcart to hell (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
A procrastination in of itself
#100205: Sep 8th 2015 at 3:54:24 PM

Some faiths just don't consider divorce a sin, though I'm pretty sure all branches of Christianity consider adultery to be one, so yeah she's a hypocrite on that front.

“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100206: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:08:07 PM

Question: If the leaders of WBC were drowning in your swimming pool (pretend you have one), what kind of sandwhich would you make?

edited 8th Sep '15 4:11:42 PM by Protagonist506

Leviticus 19:34
JackOLantern1337 Shameful Display from The Most Miserable Province in the Russian Empir Since: Aug, 2014 Relationship Status: 700 wives and 300 concubines
Shameful Display
#100207: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:14:17 PM

[up]I wouldn't make one. I probably wouldn't recognize them initially and haul them out. Even if I did, I would be better than them, that and they are all lawyers, the lawsuits their kin would file against me would be bankrupting. They can live on knowing they would have gone straight to meet there maker if it weren't for some Catholic boy saving them, and a very secular irreverent one at that. That is assuming my weak non swimmer ass could actually save anyone of course[lol]

edited 8th Sep '15 4:14:24 PM by JackOLantern1337

I Bring Doom,and a bit of gloom, but mostly gloom.
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#100208: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:16:49 PM

[up] You're right, making a Pizza is much wiser.

But I'm not being serious either way. Obviously you should save someone who's drowning, even if they're an ass.

Leviticus 19:34
Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100209: Sep 8th 2015 at 4:16:57 PM

[up][up][up] If I could, I'd zap the water with force lightning.

But since this is reality, I'd settle for a bag of chips and a couple of toasters.tongue

edited 8th Sep '15 4:34:11 PM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
Ogodei Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers from The front lines Since: Jan, 2011
Fuck you, Fascist sympathizers
#100210: Sep 8th 2015 at 6:13:49 PM

This is a case of Jerkass Has a Point. If Kim wants to be upright with Christ, then she must acknowledge that she was made one flesh with husband #1, and that being "saved" she is obliged to either return to him or remain celibate the rest of her days, for her current marriage is merely adultery, per the gospel.

BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
The Mod with the Migraine
#100211: Sep 8th 2015 at 8:57:10 PM

[up] Or we could all send her tracts to convert her to Pastafarianism.

I don't think having to show your ID or Drivers license to prove who you say you are is racist(since everyone has one)
Probably way ninja'd, but the problem is that everyone doesn't have one. Alabama just shut down the majority of the DMV offices in the state; there are four open places to get a driver's license.
Some faiths just don't consider divorce a sin, though I'm pretty sure all branches of Christianity consider adultery to be one, so yeah she's a hypocrite on that front.
In practice, it's as though there's a Sliding Scale of Sinsnote , and a sin that anyone could commit (adultery, murder, gluttony) are always way lower than sins only certain people can commit (being gay/trans), and also the number of ways you are a minority bumps you up (non-white, non-male, non-mainstream-religion, etc).

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
RavenWilder Since: Apr, 2009
#100212: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:07:24 PM

So this stuff about Trump having relatively liberal economic views, which actually resonate with rank-and-file Americans, as opposed to the big money establishment . . .

How's that jibe with the narrative of the last seven years that the Republican primaries are dominated by the Tea Party, a bunch of hardcore minarchists who want to do away with almost all government spending or regulation, taking it much farther than the big money establishment thinks is wise?

Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#100213: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:09:21 PM

The "true" Tea Party is largely an astroturf organization sponsored by the Koch brothers.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#100214: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:21:42 PM

Probably way ninja'd, but the problem is that everyone doesn't have one. Alabama just shut down the majority of the DMV offices in the state; there are four open places to get a driver's license.
...This makes no sense. Why aren't US citizens required by law to carry an state ID 24/7? I can go to jail for not carrying mine even if I had a driver's license.

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100215: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:25:40 PM

[up]Stubborness I suppose.

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
Fighteer Lost in Space from The Time Vortex (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: TV Tropes ruined my love life
Lost in Space
#100216: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:29:07 PM

Because "fweedum".

Not that I'm a fan of mandatory ID — if I want to walk to the pool without my wallet, it's nobody's business. But certainly you should get it automatically and for free upon reaching suitable age.

edited 8th Sep '15 9:30:34 PM by Fighteer

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#100217: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:34:23 PM

And now my position on US voting ID law does a 180. I will now endorse the racist republicans over the otherwise sensible liberals and progressives, becuase any citizen documentation is better than what you have.

edited 8th Sep '15 9:34:57 PM by vandro

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100218: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:34:24 PM

[up][up]Sounds like a good idea, but the logistics would probably be nightmarish to the bureaucrats who oversee it.

edited 8th Sep '15 9:41:17 PM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#100219: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:48:07 PM

[up]I am panamanian, we as a hispanic nation are offended by trump and the loons who agree with his mexicans are rapists spiel, and from what was rather obvious listening to your jon stewart and msnbc and others was that the GOP uses voting ID laws to prevent minority voting...but your lack of mandatory ID offends me even more.

[up][up][up]And it is my business if you drown at the pool/suffer a slipping accident with head trauma and can't ID your corpse/ knocked out body .

edited 8th Sep '15 9:48:20 PM by vandro

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100220: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:52:32 PM

[up] But you're not Mexican now are you? You're Panamaniantongue

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#100221: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:53:12 PM

Tell that to X Box Live

edited 8th Sep '15 9:53:52 PM by vandro

Skycobra51 A suitable case for treatment from The US of A Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Only knew I loved her when I let her go
A suitable case for treatment
#100222: Sep 8th 2015 at 9:57:00 PM

If it makes you feel better, they had my location listed as Canada. Just one problem, I was living in Maryland, USA at the time.

I'm an American damn it, I hate hockey, I hate lumberjacks, Canadian Bacon isn't even bacon and the Canadian football league is a joke.tongue

edited 8th Sep '15 10:03:07 PM by Skycobra51

Look upon my privilege ye mighty and despair.
shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#100223: Sep 8th 2015 at 10:38:10 PM

Republicans don't want everyone to have access to ID. Instead they seem to be trying to make it harder and harder to get unless you are white and wealthy, and then they punish you for not being able to acquire it.

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
vandro Shop Owner from The little shop that wasn't Since: Jul, 2009
Shop Owner
#100224: Sep 8th 2015 at 10:45:40 PM

Republicans don't want everyone to have access to ID. Instead they seem to be trying to make it harder and harder to get unless you are white and wealthy, and then they punish you for not being able to acquire it.

Perfectly true assessment of their motives. But other than motorvoter I don't see alternatives that guarantee ID.

shimaspawn from Here and Now Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: In your bunk
#100225: Sep 8th 2015 at 10:47:32 PM

Motorvoter guarantees they won't get an ID since the whole point is to stop people from voting. It encourages making getting ID as hard as possible. Motorvoter involves closing DMV offices in poor areas and cutting the poor and minorities out of society so you can deport them easier if they're too brown or the wrong religion.

edited 8th Sep '15 10:48:58 PM by shimaspawn

Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick

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