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Amen to that. I would bet 90% of what flamencofreak is saying is just a reiteration of what his preacher said from the pulpit.
What a load....
Saying homosexuality is abnormal isn't the same as saying hateful things.
I think every person on this planet knows that heterosexuality is much more common than homosexuality; gay people included. It's like how I find the idea of men "turning gay" because women keep rejecting them, when seriously the dating pool is like 20x larger.
"Abnormal" is a word with a negative connotation though in all aspects. If I said that people who like anchovies on their pizza are "abnormal," it would be judging their tastes poorly. It's not a question of being PC or not. If you said "uncommon" or "rare," I don't think as many people would be discussing that; overly sensitive liberals notwithstanding.
I think abnormal is the wrong word to use. Being born with a birth defect is abnormal, but most people would not describe someone with Downs Syndrome, for example, as abnormal, because it would be hurtful.
Being born gay is not the fault of the person. As a society, I don't think we should be less than nurturing for those of us who are not mainstream for whatever reason.
The original institution was conceived as a way to join property and assets. Why did poor people who didn't have property or assets want to have their joinings formally recognized?
That phenomenon may have been paramount for couples seeking union outside of matrimony, however, in case of the latter...it wasn't even tantamount.
And this country has always been a quasi-Theocracy. So, I give most sheep back then the benefit of the doubt.
Many people on the political left don’t much like the First Amendment. That seems odd to someone of my generation. In past times people who suppressed what the Supreme Court ultimately ruled speech—student armbands, nude dancing, flag burning—were usually conservatives. But now it seems that it’s mostly liberals who want to shut down speech that offends them, no matter what the topic.
Please provide a link to an example of "liberals who want to shut down speech that offends them."
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