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NanceGreggs

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30. True.

Reply to Thinkingabout (Reply #26)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 04:22 PM

Jul 2015

My point was that the whole "same-sex marriage is a threat to heterosexual marriages" was never issue among people who did not want to accept gay marriage - until the RW started "marketing" that idea.

When I was young, people who were against same-sex marriages never saw it as affecting their own relationships. THAT idea was raised by the RW, along with terms like "it will diminish the meaning of marriage", or it will "destroy society's view of marriage".

As I said, I knew lots of people back then who didn't want to see gay marriage legalized - but I never heard one of them cite an impact on their own marriage, or anyone else's, as being a factor.

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After Losing On Same-Sex Marriage, Conservative Christians Find A New Enemy [View all] DonViejo Jul 2015 OP

Yep, and if they ever achieve the theocracy they so desperately want, tanyev Jul 2015 #1

Oh good lord d_r Jul 2015 #2

Which is something liberal Christians do often. Act_of_Reparation Jul 2015 #3

There is only One True Christian Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #6

And who/what is that? cbayer Jul 2015 #7

relax and let your mind wander before I say Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #8

That's ok. If you want to explain yourself, feel free. cbayer Jul 2015 #9

Jesus Christ Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #10

Nope, not even him Major Nikon Jul 2015 #16

I will think on that Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #17

Good book on the subject... Major Nikon Jul 2015 #18

OK. I guess it all depends on the defintion you use. cbayer Jul 2015 #19

??????? Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #20

Did you mean to include a question with those question marks? cbayer Jul 2015 #21

I did not understand your statement and I was not aware there Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #22

Are you not aware of other definitions of Christian that cbayer Jul 2015 #23

I just got a nosebleed Lordquinton Jul 2015 #24

I said "Jesus Christ" and you replied back it depended on the definition Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #25

it depended on the definition AlbertCat Jul 2015 #27

That is inightful d_r Jul 2015 #11

I have no idea what you are getting at Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #12

I meant to type insightful d_r Jul 2015 #13

thank you Angry Dragon Jul 2015 #14

I'm in my mid-sixties ... NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #4

As far as a threat, probably same sex marriages are a lesser threat to heterosexual marriage, many Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #26

True. NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #30

There was a time I did not know so ergo I did not think about the difficulties a same sex couple may Thinkingabout Jul 2015 #32

insist there is a "threat" which never existed, and then claim to be the hero..... AlbertCat Jul 2015 #29

Well, as things turned out ... NanceGreggs Jul 2015 #31

how that's going to come about as predicted. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #33

Great article. cbayer Jul 2015 #5

I hope they get liberal, progressive religious groups all the ad space they'll likely buy. pinto Jul 2015 #15

a pastor of First Baptist Church AlbertCat Jul 2015 #28