Originally posted by sithsaber408
Politics and such aren't very important to me anymore and I'm busy working on what MY calling is, the one that only I can achieve. (through Christ.)
You'll forgive me this, but I fear you give yourself far too little credit. Everything is a miracle to the religiously inclined. Why? Having babies, a miracle. Making life long friends, a miracle! Pulling one's self out of drugs , a miracle! If everything is the work of god, then everything is a miracle, so what is truely miraculous?
Originally posted by sithsaber408
To Adam PoE and Devil King (who will now and forever always be 'Cap 😛 ) and any others who I was insensitive and cruel to...I can only offer my sincerest apologies and hope that they are accepted.
I have to wonder, from where did this change of heart come? Why are politics no longer a concern for you? Don't misunderstand, which I doubt you will, but I don't understand why it's not a concern for you anymore.
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I too prefer the other screenname.
Four years later, one needs a change. If it were that big a deal, I wouldn't respond to people that still call me Cap. As it is, I'm not concerned. You guys can call me David, for all I care.
Think Equal
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Civil unions and domestic partnerships only provide 350 of the 1,400 benefits and protections of marriage, and are not recognized from state-to-state, or by the federal government. Why should gay couples settle for a quarter when straight couples get a whole pie?
Re: Think Equal
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
This one is funny. Several years ago in a bar I was hitting on a woman I didn't know was a lesbian. She was fine as hell and what was lame is that I didn't find out she was gay until about 45 minutes into the conversation, she was clearly toying with me. It was pretty awkward.
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So other than "my boyfriend is on an IV in the hospital" what other marriage rights are same sex couples shooting for? Because that's the only argument I really hear from them.
Re: Re: Think Equal
Originally posted by Quiero Mota
So other than "my boyfriend is on an IV in the hospital" what other marriage rights are same sex couples shooting for? Because that's the only argument I really hear from them.
The approximately 1,138 benefits and rights afforded to married couples. This includes, but is not limited to:
[list][*]Hospital Visitation–Married couples have the automatic right to visit each other in the hospital and make medical decisions. Same-sex couples can be denied the right to visit a sick or injured loved one in the hospital.
[*]Social Security Benefits–Married people receive Social Security payments upon the death of a spouse. Despite paying payroll taxes, gay and lesbian workers receive no Social Security survivor benefits, resulting in an average annual income loss of $5,528 upon the death of a partner.
[*]Health Insurance–Many public and private employers provide medical coverage to the spouses of their employees, but most employers do not provide coverage to the life partners of gay and lesbian employees. Gay employees who do receive health coverage for their partners must pay federal income taxes on the value of the insurance.
[*]Estate Taxes–A married person automatically inherits all the property of his or her deceased spouse without paying estate taxes. A gay or lesbian taxpayer is forced to pay estate taxes on property inherited from a deceased partner.
[*]Retirement Savings–While a married person can roll a deceased spouse’s 401K funds into an IRA without paying taxes, a gay or lesbian American who inherits a 401K can end up paying up to 70 percent of it in taxes and penalties.
[*]Family Leave–Married workers are legally entitled to unpaid leave from their jobs to care for an ill spouse. Gay and lesbian workers are not entitled to family leave to care for their partners.
[*]Immigration Rights–Bi-national families are commonly broken up or forced to leave the country to stay together. The reason: U.S. immigration law does not permit American citizens to petition for their same-sex partners to immigrate.
[*]Nursing Homes–Married couples have a legal right to live together in nursing homes. Because they are not legal spouses, elderly gay or lesbian couples do not have the right to spend their last days living together in nursing homes.
[*]Home Protection–Laws protect married seniors from being forced to sell their homes to pay high nursing home bills; gay and lesbian seniors have no such protection.
[*]Pensions–After the death of a worker, most pension plans pay survivor benefits only to a legal spouse of the participant. Gay and lesbian partners are excluded from such pension benefits.[/list]
Originally posted by sithsaber408
Well, I did take a long 10 min., didn't I? 😛In all honesty, I'd forgotten about this thread until it was just brought up again.
Looking back, I spent most of the thread bashing gays (in a polite and friendly way by calling them illegitamite and unnatural) without using any religion.
Funny now then, that having grown deeper in my relationship with the Lord, my answer will be full of God stuff (like my life is at this point) and will refute all that I posted before.
In short, I believe that all people are loved by God.
Gay, straight, or otherwise.
I believe that they were all created by Him. (through sex of course, but the person... the thoughts, feelings, dreams, etc... is a miracle creation of God)
I believe that our personalities, our character, and who we are as individuals is all designed by God, for a specific purpose and calling that only each individual would be able to accomplish.
(though many people don't ever seek out... or if made aware, then decide to take ahold of... that purpose.)
I believe that God loves gay people. Just as they are, he loves them.
And if He does, and His son Jesus died out of love FOR THEM, then I love them too. Because Christ is love personified (and God personified) and Christ is in me, through the Holy Spirit.
After all: "He that loveth not, knoweth not God. For God is love. Beloved, let us love one another." 1 John 4:7-8
My life now is much more about people, about the teens that I mentor and teach. About families that I minister to. About the young couples that I fellowship with and pray over.
It's about actually getting into peoples lives and seeing them set free, in every way: spiritually, health, finances, burdens, etc...
Thats what Christianity is about, and that's what church is about. (supposed to be, anyway)
It's not about political activism and "hot-button issues."
The Church isn't a building, a tool, or a voters block to be wielded like some weapon..... it's people. People are called the Church, the Body of Christ, in the bible. And that's what these things mean to me.
So I guess you could say that I have a totally different perspective on the "gay issue" now.
Politics and such aren't very important to me anymore and I'm busy working on what MY calling is, the one that only I can achieve. (through Christ.)
To Adam PoE and Devil King (who will now and forever always be 'Cap 😛 ) and any others who I was insensitive and cruel to...
I can only offer my sincerest apologies and hope that they are accepted.
So what is your perspective now ?
Originally posted by KingTech
Why we don't like to go only to natural way of having sex.Other than the natural I think are the evils we are in.I am sorry If I heart any ones feelings but I will again say sex must be between male and female only.
BUT HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE ROUGH BUTT GAY ORGY SEX ??!?!??! dd
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Originally posted by dadudemon
None...because I don't like a poopy dick. 😐
You do realize that feces isn't stored in the rectum for the long haul; people also know when it is there, so "poopy dick" can very easily be avoided.
Simply put, if the person about to "take it" feels the need to shit, they shouldn't procede, unless they're German and are into that sort of thing.