11-09-2012, 02:16 PM
(11-09-2012, 12:11 AM)kandrathe Wrote: Catholics get hammered with the same pro-/anti- arguments. If you are religious and believe in "traditional marriage", then you are an anti-gay bigot. If you are against abortion, then you are against women's rights.
Your claims above about hammers are missing an important nuance - choice.
Religious people can believe in "traditional marriage" all they like as long as they don't try to decide for others what kind of marriage is acceptable. And if they do try to decide for others, then they are anti-gay bigots.
People can be against abortions and therefore choose not to have one as long as they don't try to decide for others what choice is available. And if they do try to decide for others, then they are against women's rights.
And they are wielding a hammer to make it so.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake