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unreadierLizard

(475 posts)
48. To be fair, no organized Christian group advocates outright killing of gays
Wed May 30, 2012, 01:52 PM
May 2012

as Islam does.

It's only the fringe losers we hear about calling for that. With Islam, especially in the MidEast, gays are often killed for being gay with the full support of authorities.

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They mercuryblues May 2012 #1
Poor kid. Quantess May 2012 #2
Yep. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #3
Poisoning their children with hatred Sugarcoated May 2012 #4
Bigotry is learned, not natural. Homosexuality is natural, not learned. HopeHoops May 2012 #5
Absolutely! Arkansas Granny May 2012 #7
Religous brainwashing in action.. snooper2 May 2012 #6
Explain to me again how Islam is a terrible religion, but 'Christianity' is soooo loving sinkingfeeling May 2012 #8
Islam Meiko May 2012 #18
And the church where this kid sang does? Again, explain the difference. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #43
To be fair, no organized Christian group advocates outright killing of gays unreadierLizard May 2012 #48
Well there was that one guy who advocated putting gays into concentration camps. And theres Westboro Erose999 May 2012 #53
neither do christianity or judaism in their earlier incarnations (& some present ones) HiPointDem May 2012 #52
Denis Leary quote > > lamp_shade May 2012 #9
that is truly both sad and chilling - has the hateful spirit of a mini Nuremberg rally Douglas Carpenter May 2012 #10
Man what the hell is up with the fundies lately? They're getting scarier and scarier. Initech May 2012 #11
A friend of mine on FB pointed out that the right-wing is ratcheting up the reaction Starry Messenger May 2012 #12
No surprise. proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #14
And armed! Starry Messenger May 2012 #15
Unlikely Meiko May 2012 #19
No, not unlikely. Starry Messenger May 2012 #32
No obamanut2012 May 2012 #45
No Occulus May 2012 #54
It isn't just the fundies. Occulus May 2012 #36
Son and I were talking and we are wondering if the Fundie bubble has hit. Several "churches" tsuki May 2012 #47
Just so I get this straight Goblinmonger May 2012 #13
Shame on you dmallind May 2012 #16
are you suggesting the OP is mocking religious beliefs not just shock at teaching chldren to hate? Douglas Carpenter May 2012 #17
I'm not going after the OP at all. Goblinmonger May 2012 #24
I think it is bad manners to make fun of peoples' family, country, religion or culture in places Douglas Carpenter May 2012 #27
they're not singing it in a coffee shop, and they are referring to their religion in the song... progressivebydesign May 2012 #44
IF their religious beliefs include hatred, yes, they deserve to be mocked. Bake May 2012 #29
OT god had a lot of hate. Goblinmonger May 2012 #33
My life became a lot easier when I dispensed with the deity. lapislzi May 2012 #35
When they want to discriminate against me in law based on those religious beliefs, Occulus May 2012 #39
I'm with you. Goblinmonger May 2012 #42
The analogy seems to be escaping many dmallind May 2012 #50
Then go ahead and call me a hypocrite. Occulus May 2012 #55
Teaching children to hate IS their religious belief. Iggo May 2012 #49
wtf proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #20
No, I think there are all kinds of fucked up things in all kinds of religions Goblinmonger May 2012 #22
It's all fair game to me. lapislzi May 2012 #31
Really Dorian Gray May 2012 #57
Uh, yeah. lapislzi May 2012 #21
Try that with Catholics Goblinmonger May 2012 #23
My respose to being called a Catholic hater... Marrah_G May 2012 #26
Thanks for the laugh. n/t Goblinmonger May 2012 #28
Like I care. lapislzi May 2012 #30
Once a religion has their own bank, they lose me. n/t progressivebydesign May 2012 #46
Former Catholic here proud2BlibKansan May 2012 #34
Same here. Goblinmonger May 2012 #38
Good point. We're getting some mixed messages. nt ZombieHorde May 2012 #40
And that little boy could be gay. Marrah_G May 2012 #25
Frank Zappa said it best . . . HughBeaumont May 2012 #37
There may be a section in the Bible which says Fire Walk With Me May 2012 #41
What church was this? 4th law of robotics May 2012 #51
If Jesus Saves iwillalwayswonderwhy May 2012 #56
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