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I mostly agree ironclad Send a noteboard - 13/10/2010 08:19:00 PM
Because most bullies do so because the object of their harassment is violating scripture. In fact some of the people who bullied me as a child carried around bibles with them to point out the specific passages I was violating by being shy and having poor fashion sense. I'm sure their parents spent a lot of time at the dinner table every night telling them why they should hate shy people for being subhuman, and their preachers shouted it from the pulpit ever Sunday. Damn Christians and their making people like me into subjects of daily mockery and harassment.

Oh wait, I was bullied because I was different and thus seemed weird to other kids. You know, kinda like how gay kids are different, both in their nature (who they are attracted to) and in their behavior (in some cases). Thus, they have big targets hung on them for bullies. Just like kids like me did, or kids with big ears that stick out, or fat kids or any number of other kids.

Kids are a tough crowd. Even if a preacher or their parents don't tell them something is bad, heck, even if said preacher/parents tell them that such a thing is NOT bad and to be nice, most of the time they'll sniff it out anyway and mock it as they see fit. Kids can be nasty shits.

With all of the above.

But no, being against a particular legal issue means that you see gays as subhumans, which means that you will pass those beliefs onto your kids and turn them into little klansmen, which means that your kids will become merciless bullies, which means that they will drive gay kids to kill themselves. If you are against gay marriage, you are causing the deaths of gay kids. Fact.

However, I do believe that "the little clansmen" thing happens a lot in fanatically religious families. Whether or not those are the kids that end up bullying gays (or other outsiders) is a statistic that's probably impossible to prove, though.
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Love the Sinner - 13/10/2010 04:07:28 PM 1332 Views
I have to think about that for a while. - 13/10/2010 04:30:56 PM 883 Views
Suicide is significantly higher in young gay populations - 13/10/2010 05:36:01 PM 810 Views
That is not what I think requires thought - 13/10/2010 05:56:06 PM 817 Views
Nossy I ain't a mind reader, no matter how I try or how much I would do Jean Grey - 13/10/2010 06:06:42 PM 949 Views
for ze record - 14/10/2010 02:54:07 AM 825 Views
ok now show that it caused by what Christian beliefs *NM* - 13/10/2010 06:50:32 PM 405 Views
I don't think it's the belief's themselves - 14/10/2010 12:20:01 AM 846 Views
The churches who encourage people to bully gays should be condemned - 14/10/2010 06:43:06 PM 833 Views
Re: I have to think about that for a while. - 13/10/2010 06:29:09 PM 823 Views
He was very frank but completely founded - 13/10/2010 04:34:46 PM 908 Views
Ah, that Ghandi quote sure does get around. (which is funny, since he wasn't a Christian) - 13/10/2010 05:07:42 PM 927 Views
I'm not sure that is true - 13/10/2010 05:16:30 PM 793 Views
I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 05:45:45 PM 881 Views
Question (and this one actually is asking for information )... - 13/10/2010 06:42:17 PM 716 Views
Yes and no - 13/10/2010 06:53:26 PM 989 Views
Okay, fair enough. *NM* - 13/10/2010 07:48:21 PM 359 Views
I would think... - 14/10/2010 04:35:31 AM 870 Views
I have seen gays be bullied before - 13/10/2010 07:02:35 PM 922 Views
You just didn't listen to a thing I said *NM* - 13/10/2010 07:09:29 PM 361 Views
I think there's truth in this as well. - 13/10/2010 07:55:00 PM 850 Views
churches tend to refelect society as much if not more then they influence it - 14/10/2010 07:15:35 PM 817 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 08:30:42 PM 885 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 13/10/2010 09:55:52 PM 890 Views
Re: I think you are missing his point - 14/10/2010 03:49:14 PM 910 Views
Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level - 14/10/2010 05:49:22 PM 920 Views
Re: Actually you can very much debate whether homosexuality is a sin on a textual level - 14/10/2010 08:52:24 PM 938 Views
Do you know greek or hebrew? - 14/10/2010 08:57:32 PM 779 Views
I know a few words here and there, but not really. Do you? - 14/10/2010 10:46:36 PM 913 Views
I don't look to Christianity for my answers - 15/10/2010 03:02:16 PM 885 Views
Re: I don't look to Christianity for my answers - 15/10/2010 04:27:25 PM 936 Views
You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point - 13/10/2010 05:51:53 PM 954 Views
so should Christians abandon other religious conviction to stop bullying? - 13/10/2010 07:39:54 PM 820 Views
Re: You're kind of sidestepping a large part of his point - 13/10/2010 08:23:07 PM 869 Views
That seems a little myopic to me. - 14/10/2010 09:16:27 AM 825 Views
I think he is jackass that does not believe other's can have apoint of view - 13/10/2010 06:48:12 PM 820 Views
That's right, bullying would go away if we didn't have Christians to make moral judgements on things - 13/10/2010 08:11:27 PM 912 Views
I mostly agree - 13/10/2010 08:19:00 PM 980 Views
most of the bullies I remember from school were not known for their regular church attendance - 14/10/2010 07:24:06 PM 810 Views
I thought I pretty much agreed with you on that point - 14/10/2010 07:44:07 PM 854 Views
Interesting - 13/10/2010 08:56:46 PM 1153 Views
Sometime rants do work and change people's mind - 13/10/2010 09:23:39 PM 748 Views
and sometoimes they are just rants *NM* - 13/10/2010 10:01:55 PM 341 Views
Okay my response now - 14/10/2010 06:04:02 PM 882 Views
He becomes what he hates. - 14/10/2010 02:40:19 AM 1017 Views
Good stuff. *NM* - 14/10/2010 02:56:44 AM 359 Views
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I think Chora has dibs on that bumper sticker. - 14/10/2010 09:35:02 AM 960 Views
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It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 15/10/2010 01:16:10 AM 832 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 16/10/2010 05:20:56 AM 920 Views
Re: It's nothing at all like cultural relativism. - 16/10/2010 07:16:21 AM 829 Views
I don't think there is any question... - 14/10/2010 04:42:45 AM 848 Views
If I may quibble: - 14/10/2010 05:22:22 AM 713 Views
He's bullying Christians - 14/10/2010 04:47:13 AM 836 Views
I agree - 14/10/2010 04:09:23 PM 921 Views
Two seperate things are mingled here - 14/10/2010 09:50:42 AM 1042 Views

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