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Baptist Church Takes Stand Against N.C. Marriage Ammendment

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Emberstone, Nov 21, 2011.

  1. Emberstone

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    Pullen Baptist takes a stand for gay marriage - Religion - NewsObserver.com

     
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    Really nice to see some open mindedness in religion xx
     
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    Good to know. I wish these churches would pipe up more often, because the homophobic Christians are so freaking loud they're drowning the other voices out.
     
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    What I think is interesting about this church is that they started in 1992 supporting same-sex marriage rights. thats really before any state had actually started to tackle with it seriously. I think there was apart of canada that was grappling with same-sex marriage rights, but as far as I remeber, we didnt see hawaii until 1994.
     
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    Happy happy day~
     
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    That is why when I'm old enough, I will convert to the American Baptist Churchs USA. Not only do they accept homosexuality, but they allow women to become priests. Awsome!
     
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    Finally! Religious people who've seen sense!! :thumbsup:
     
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    I hear you. The problem seems to be that most of the accepting churches (of which there are a lot... and increasing every day) don't do or say ridiculous things so they are not in the media.

    Its hard to be louder media-wise when you compete with the Westboro Baptist Church and friends ;P
     
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    Calvinist tend to get alot of the media attention, because you can't argue with a Calvinist, because they are beyond even the most basic forms of reason... and WBC takes calvinisem very seriously.

    The media adores irrational people.
     
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    The media adores irrational people because they make for good headlines. Controversy makes money.
     
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    You said it!