"The tenor of most of the people supporting equal marriage rights is not terribly respectful of other people's religious beliefs."
I'll admit to being guilty as charged on that one - it's because quite frankly, I have no respect for their beliefs on that issue. As a Christian myself, I've studied the passages cited, and can't find the support for their position. Moreover, I and friends of mine have been told that we're not real Christians since we don't think homosexuality is wrong. So no, I don't respect the religious beliefs of people promoting prop 8, enough of them have done far too much to disrespect mine and give my religion enough of a bad name that it took me years to be willing to advertise myself as a Christian, simply because of what people automatically associate with that. I'll grant the supporters of prop 8 the courtesy of letting them practice their religion their way in peace, as long as they're not trying to insist that I agree with them, or trying to make those beliefs public policy. Also, I'm a very firm believer in separation of church and state - if the primary arguments for or against a policy are from the tenets of a particular religion, even my own, I think that's crossing a dangerous line which I don't want crossed. I know enough history not to want anything resembling a state religion.
I'll admit to being guilty as charged on that one - it's because quite frankly, I have no respect for their beliefs on that issue. As a Christian myself, I've studied the passages cited, and can't find the support for their position. Moreover, I and friends of mine have been told that we're not real Christians since we don't think homosexuality is wrong. So no, I don't respect the religious beliefs of people promoting prop 8, enough of them have done far too much to disrespect mine and give my religion enough of a bad name that it took me years to be willing to advertise myself as a Christian, simply because of what people automatically associate with that. I'll grant the supporters of prop 8 the courtesy of letting them practice their religion their way in peace, as long as they're not trying to insist that I agree with them, or trying to make those beliefs public policy.
Also, I'm a very firm believer in separation of church and state - if the primary arguments for or against a policy are from the tenets of a particular religion, even my own, I think that's crossing a dangerous line which I don't want crossed. I know enough history not to want anything resembling a state religion.
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