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#1074805
Tormentor of Religion
You ruled the whole of Europe for 1500 years, isn't that a special status? Also, YOU ARE asking for special status, since you consider freedom of religion to be a crime when it protects something other than your own religion.
12/18/2009 1:53:28 PM
#1074816
Arctic Knight
Christians are already protected as discrimination based on religion is not permitted. Gays are only asking for those very same rights based on sexual orientation. Actually, such a law would also add another level to Jimmy Dobson as it would be illegal to discriminate against him on the basis that he is straight. He'd still be an idiot, though.
12/18/2009 1:56:58 PM
#1074909
Osiris
How would you and your homosexual companions feel if we, as Christians, began lobbying for special, protected legal status?
Except that Christians basically have had special, protected legal status for that last 200 years in the United States alone.
12/18/2009 2:41:52 PM
#1074912
Smilodon
12/18/2009 2:42:22 PM
#1074948
Caustic Gnostic
Step aside, you Jesusite losers! I believe in Mickey Mouse, I'm automatically better than you!
12/18/2009 3:23:13 PM
#1074952
Xotan
This seems to be making the case that Christianity cannot be non-political. I would argue, therefore, if this is the case that there is no basis for the tax exemption on churches. They should be back-taxed right to when they were instituted, or to the founding of the US, whichever is the sooner.
12/18/2009 3:25:31 PM
#1074953
Xotan
This seems to be making the case that Christianity cannot be non-political. I would argue, therefore, if this is the case that there is no basis for the tax exemption on churches. They should be back-taxed right to when they were instituted, or to the founding of the US, whichever is the sooner.
12/18/2009 3:25:58 PM
#1074963
aaa
We'll give you that protected status when you start paying taxes.
12/18/2009 3:40:02 PM
#1074966
Pedantic Twit
Special legal status? You mean like not having to pay taxes, like being able to smoke marijuana or use other controlled substances when illegal for others, like ...
Wow. I mean, I could go on, but it would be lost on him.
12/18/2009 3:43:37 PM
#1074978
Swede
"How would etc"? Isn't that EXACTLY what you are doing. So, where's the hypothetic issue?
Every human is equally important as the next, and should be treated with the same respect and kindess as anyone else.
End of story.
12/18/2009 3:53:18 PM
#1074996
Blackvoice
"I swear I don't hate you, but I will try and kick you in the balls and steal all your rights everytime I can."
12/18/2009 4:11:42 PM
#1074997
Reckoner
How would you and your homosexual companions feel if we, as Christians, began lobbying for special, protected legal status? How would you react if we [were] shielded from termination just because we are Christians? I can predict that you would fight such ordinances tooth and nail.
Uh... you've already got that protected legal status, dumbass. Religious belief has been a protected status for at least 20 years now. You can't be fired from a job because you are a Christian, no matter how often you like to cry about being persecuted.
12/18/2009 4:12:19 PM
#1075100
Old Viking
I'm still confused about how gays promote the homosexual lifestyle. Do they just walk up to people randomly and whisper, "Try it, you'll like it"?
12/18/2009 5:39:37 PM
#1075111
WMDKitty
Homosexuality and Christianity. Apples and oranges.
12/18/2009 5:48:35 PM
#1075117
Doctor Whom
How would you and your homosexual companions feel if we, as Christians, began lobbying for special, protected legal status? How would you react if we asserted that we should be given a job and shielded from termination just because we are Christians? I can predict that you would fight such ordinances tooth and nail.
The next time you lie for Jesus, try to have a little credibility.
12/18/2009 5:54:13 PM
#1075161
Canadiest
"if we, as Christians, began lobbying for special, protected legal status?"
Which
1) You already have
2) You use to deny others the same
3) You (Focus on the Family) (all right wing Christian groups) Continully demand
12/18/2009 6:28:48 PM
#1075171
GodotIsWaiting4U
We'd consider it redundant, since you've pretty much already got it.
12/18/2009 6:35:05 PM
#1075188
campbunny
You fucking ARE prevented from being fired because you're Christians and I can't imagine why in the world anyone would lobby against that! Grrrrrrr "you would fight such ordinances tooth and nail" - NO! Not everyone is a jackass out to ruin innocent people's lives for no reason! Only you!
12/18/2009 6:58:57 PM
#1075203
Pule Thamex
I've never before seen such unimaginable persecution perpetrated against such an innocent and ethical people as the fundamental cultists of America. The deprivation and cruelties of their day to day suffering brings one out in a cold sweat just to even think about the least of them. But the way they loftily maintain their dignity amid the continual sneering and taunting of a so called 'reality based crowd' is heartwarming and extremely uplifting. To hear them counter the lies, deceit and bigotry of these educated and normal troublemakers brings a tear to the eye. Oh! What a woeful situation we find ourselves in when a bunch of friendly fantasists are not allowed to impose their will over others not like them.
12/18/2009 7:14:13 PM
#1075228
JSS
"How would you and your homosexual companions feel if we, as Christians, began lobbying for special, protected legal status? How would you react if we asserted that we should be given a job and shielded from termination just because we are Christians?"
Okay so how long have you been in a coma Mr. Dobson?
A few things come to mind:
-Tax exempt status
-"Such and such organization does not discriminate based on religion"
12/18/2009 7:48:56 PM
#1075297
Antichrist
12/18/2009 11:06:21 PM
#1075322
FMG
Your churches get tax breaks... That's special status.
See they are asking for equal rights, if you get married as a heterosexual couple you gain all manner of rights. They just want those. Now what your suggesting is that we remove all those extra rights from heterosexual couples...
12/19/2009 1:25:07 AM
#1075326
BeemerRefugee1990
I didn't know who this fuckwit was when I lived in Vermont.
Now I'm ashamed to share a state with him, but I still hate VT too much to go back. Damned if I do ...
12/19/2009 1:30:34 AM
#1075328
louislois
Henry VIII of England did a good thing when he seized Church land and property during the English Reformation and distributed it to those who would purchase it. This weakened the church and made it much less powerful in the political sphere.
We should take it one step further and revoke tax exemption for all religious institutions that seek to be politically involved.
12/19/2009 1:38:52 AM
#1075367
loser_sneeze
Uh....perhaps you missed it. Christians ARE afforded special status idiot.
And wanting to marry the person you love isn't a 'Special status'. It's the same freakin one hetero folks have. Ya know, the one where most marriages only last about seven year? The privilege that allowed the word 'starter marriage' to enter the lexicon. THAT ONE
12/19/2009 5:37:34 AM
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