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Maybe most conservative christians... Narg Send a noteboard - 15/10/2012 11:44:13 PM
that support protecting the traditional definition of marriage don't do it because they are "hateful bigots". But then, that is what you do when the other side disagrees with you. You dehumanize them. It justifies your own hate and rage without forcing you to try to look at it from their point of view and see the decent human in them.

Of course it is a lot easier to just paint everybody with the "hateful bigot" label if they see it differently than you. It has been an extremely effective tool in the fight over the definition of marriage. People on both sides are guilty of it.
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A Bible belt conservative spent a year pretending to be gay - 14/10/2012 12:25:34 PM 920 Views
Plenty of the comments are really disheartening - 14/10/2012 07:23:42 PM 485 Views
It's like what I heard on the radio. - 14/10/2012 10:42:43 PM 428 Views
Interesting article. *NM* - 15/10/2012 02:28:09 PM 192 Views
"The vast majority of conservative Christians are not hateful bigots at all." - 15/10/2012 10:55:34 PM 446 Views
He does say his mother came around in the end. - 15/10/2012 10:57:50 PM 392 Views
"All politics is local." - 15/10/2012 11:04:41 PM 536 Views
Maybe most conservative christians... - 15/10/2012 11:44:13 PM 432 Views
Sorry, that is just an attempted role-reversal; objecting to hatred is not the "real hatred." - 16/10/2012 01:26:39 AM 396 Views
In addition, the bible doesn't forbid it. The bible is not a monolithic work, but an anthology. - 16/10/2012 02:32:59 AM 516 Views
Go you. - 16/10/2012 03:59:48 AM 447 Views
What I said is correct. - 16/10/2012 05:49:13 PM 377 Views
Hm. *NM* - 20/10/2012 01:58:35 PM 335 Views

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