Religious tolerance

[Sandra Craft]

Marriage is marriage.  Love is love,so I wish we could stop putting a wall between gay and straight.

True, and I can't think of a single qualification for opposite-sexed couples to marry that same-sexed couple can't fulfill -- except for the combination of their genders and I can't understand why that matters, except to allow laws based on religious beliefs.  And I don't even want to start ranting about how I feel about that, it's been much too nice a day.

To flatly answer you, scissorlegs, I have encountered horrible people saying I will burn in hell for my "sins" and my love is false, or being gay is a choice...and that really sucks.x__x  stop it, horrible people.

Yeah, we all meet them sooner or later, even if we are lucky enough not to be related to them.  They're thick on the ground in the US and not shy about taking advantage.

I think as a bisexual I have more leniancy about the "choice" nonsense.  It's true I can't choose who I'll feel attracted to, but I definitely choose how, and with whom, I act on it.  And since I think it's the actions that are the main thing that upset the mandatory heterosexualists, I agree with them that when I'm with another woman (and I usually am), it's my choice. 

The point is, what of it?  I agree with Stevil, it doesn't matter if it's a choice or not, it's my business and not theirs.  Just like whatever they get up to sexually (assuming it's consenual and between adults) is not my business.  Thank goodness.

[Crow]

My views are very similar to Scissorlegs on this subject.

I just don't care any more, I do still talk about religion but only if I am asked a direct question or a conversation gravitates towards the subject. I have never intentionally tried to change another persons beliefs as there is no need for it, though that doesn't mean I won't question peoples beliefs.

I have yet to meet a real life walking talking fundamentalist so have no idea how I would react to one of them. My general rule of thumb is speak to people in balance of how they speak to me, that goes the same for theists and non-theists.