Quote Originally Posted by Columcille View Post
I don't expect you to understand how I feel it undermines the family. I only feel that a public endorsement would influence some heterosexuals to mess around and experience ****sexuality;
You're more than welcome to feel however you like about the social consequences of marriage equality. Unfortunately for the position you're arguing, there is no evidential basis in fact that it is the case.

Indeed, anti-equality groups tried to argue that in court last year in Perry v. Schwarzenegger (now Perry v. Brown). "Expert" witnesses were called to testify to the negative social consequences of same-sex marriage, and ultimately failed to provide any. In fact, under cross-examination they were ultimately reduced to saying "I don't know".

very much like an endorsement of drugs sends a message that it is ok to fry your brain with narcotics.
Rabbit-trail, but the "war on drugs" has been a dismal failure. If we put a fraction of the money we do into support, addiction treatment, and safe injection that we do into incarceration, the problems ***ociated with drug abuse would be greatly diminished.

Even if your agenda is p***ed, I would always make it a point to speak out against it.
You're welcome to it. Even Focus on the Family is now saying "we've probably lost" the war against marriage equality.

However, I prioritize this speaking out only as the opportunity presents itself. There are much bigger fish to fry. We are not living in the days of the Pagan Rome, where they used Christians to feed the lions, as torches, and all kinds of other torment.
Indeed. And were such persecution to be resurrected, I'd be standing by your side opposing it.

YOu will not see me use violence against ****sexuals, and I am not going to avoid eating at my favorite places or shop at my favorite stores just because there are ****sexuals working there.
I do appreciate that.

I just don't support your agenda.
My horrible agenda for equal justice under law without deference to sectarian religious beliefs! Heaven forfend!

I think it is important that the Church police its own believers to stay true the orthodoxy of faith, else it becomes meaningless and contradictory.
Fair enough. I still don't understand why you advocate "that the Church police" those who are not its own believers.

You are in the world; and as such, you ride the tide of what is en vogue.
Equality under the law is much more in vogue than when we stoned gays and burned witches. I plead guilty there.