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Yes, I always interpreted sodomy to mean any sexual acts committed expressly without the intent to procreate.
sodomy legal definition of sodomy
"Traditionally courts and statutes referred to it as a 'crime against nature' or as copulation 'against the order of nature.' "
I don't know if they are being facetious or not???
Either way, people are allowed their own opinions on the subject, as offensive as they may be to some....
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You mean the sanctity of some third or fourth marriages?
I don't eliminate friends or dismiss them because their views may be different than mine. I don't even look down on them. Unless there is total vitriol then I might take issue.
To me, saying those things about gay people isn't simply a different view. I do eliminate or dismiss friends that are bigots. They are certainly allowed their opinions - and it is my opinion that being that hateful and disrespectful is something that I do not want to be around.
You need to look at what marriage was originally before you make such statements......and families are stronger than they have been in decades.....so why would adding more legally committed families to the world be a downside.
How are families stronger than they have been in decades? Do you have any data (or even logic) to back that statement up?
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And you only support things that directly effect you? How short sighted.
Well, I'm not gay. How is this short-sighted? How will this benefit me in the long-term?
To me, saying those things about gay people isn't simply a different view. I do eliminate or dismiss friends that are bigots. They are certainly allowed their opinions - and it is my opinion that being that hateful and disrespectful is something that I do not want to be around.
I'm a pretty strong gay advocate, I not out in the streets waving flags, but in general I never really got why people get so heated about something that doesn't have anything to do with them personally.
For me it became a non issue once I came to the realization that gay people are simply born that way, not sure if this can be somehow "scientifically" proven, but in my mind it is.... you're born that way...
With that that opened up my mind to the fact that they deserve all and every right that everyone else enjoys and it's a done deal in my mind.
I liken it to the civil rights struggles/movement.
Some black folks don't like this analogy, but it really does parallel it, to say otherwise isn't being intellectually honest, in my opinion.
You disagreeing with them does not make them a bad person.
The things he said make him a bad person to me. You are free to disagree with me. When a person goes out of their way to say hateful things about a group of people - that changes how I see them.
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