Though Jones has repeatedly said he is «
not against gay people,» Media Matters has documented a pattern of extreme anti-LGBTQ rhetoric that proves otherwise.
Not exact matches
Here are the states where you can still be fired for being
gay because they don't have explicit laws that prevent discrimination
against LGBT
people in the workplace.
San Francisco taxpayers will
not subsidize legally - sanctioned discrimination
against lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgender
people by the State of Indiana.
Why is that that
people who are
against gay marriage can't think of anything other than butt se.x when discussing the topic?
Some of you preach
against him and
against gay people, but if you do
not support him in November, you will be sending us all back to the Dark Ages.
It wasn't the
gays who had a «holy war»
against Sanitorium, it was intelligent
people who had a «holy war»
against Sanitorum, because he is a moron!
A lot of
people are commenting that this restaurant is
not prejudiced
against gays.
These
people that are posting this bs
against the Bible do
nt give a dam about the
gays they are atheists or socialists do
nt feed the trolls.
Were religious
people promoting peace when they voted down
gay marriage (a civil rights issue, opponents of which will be viewed in the same light as the opponents
against civil rights in the 50s and 60s) You are just so comfortable in the majority, you can't see the prejudice and bias you put on
people that aren't like you.
It discriminates
against gays, women, and
people that didn't get exposed to its God.
I'm so tired of pastors want to tell their
people don't vote, I don't believe in this, or that look who are we to judge anyman if he
gay that's between him and his God, what about the thief, liar, cheater, should we stand
against them to?
The only sanction by the Church
against gays is that they can
not be allowed to be church members, because the Church is the community of
people, which are reconciled with God.
If only
people realized that no one is
against gay people or at least they shouldn't be.
You defenders of religion keep some interesting company: Osama Bin LLaden, Iraninan Mullahs, Saudi Wahabists (who will cut your head off in public if you preach anything but Islam), Joe Smith who preached that black
people did
not have souls (the church changed it mind after the civil rights act and are now bigotted
against gay people), the Taliban, the pope and his child rapists, ignorant & stupid evangelicals who think that revelations is a roadmap to the future.
I have nothing
against gay people, I just don't agree with their live style (just like I don't agree with alcoholism, adultery, etc).
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should
not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for
gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly
people, lame, dwarfs,
not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families
against each other, those that love family more than him are
not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're
not with Jesus, you're
against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for
not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence
against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
Christians standing
against the LGBT movement has nothing to do with
not loving
gay people.
You may believe the Bible tells you
gays should be able to marry or maybe even that blacks should
not be able to marry whites (another thing
people have used the Bible to protest
against); however, that does
not mean that US civil equal rights laws should be based on your personal religious beliefs.
There is a very simple difference — anti-
gay people think they can control other
people through law by denying them legal rights...pro -
gay people understand that religious
people have their rights to believe and worship freely, but
not to discriminate
against others via the law based on religious beliefs.
If you approve of planes flying into buildings, dressing women in cloth bags, denying stem cell research, discrimination
against women,
gays and anyone with alternate beliefs, denying contraception to
people who can't afford families, picketing soldiers funerals, etc, etc, then keep your fuzzy mindset about good and evil.
It's
not Catholics started the Inquisition, systematically protected kiddie - rapists, discriminate
against women and
gay people, or force congregants to pay their way into heaven... oh yeah, that's exactly what Catholicism is all about.
It sounds like what you want is for
people to
not call you a bigot when you discriminate
against gay people.
Speaking on BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Peter Tatchell said: «He can't perhaps comment about the individuality of that particular case, but he certainly could comment on the principle, which is that he has, in the past, supported legal discrimination
against gay people.
If you are
against gay marriage don't marry
gay person.
No, ultimately you are advocating for
gay marriage — and the reasons why
people are
against it —
not really important, you simply want it to become the law of the land.
So, either they mean sin is arbitrary, and God is arbitrarily
against gay people only, or they doubt the sincerity of our love or the health of our relationships... no, no judgement there...) Love should always come before or instead of judgement, but
not because sexual sins aren't significant.
In fact, in my experience, I've found that the folks most passionate about waging a culture war
against homosexuality are often folks who don't know a lot of
gay people.
These
people would
not allow any religion but Christianity to be seen in a good light if taught in classes in the USA, when history proves that, Christianity is the reason so many
people in the USA have been motivated to lynch black
people, make
gays second class citizens, fought
against woman being allowed to vote, hunted down and killed others from different denominations, force all other's to pay for their «work» whether in the USA or around the world through tax exempt status, gifts or «Faith - based initiatives».
People can be
against gay marriage all they want — all it means is that should
not be in a
gay marriage, You duty is
not to beign them to church but to leave them alone in their own faith be it christian or anythign else.
What is also
not ok is the false witness many church
people bear
against their
gay brothers and sisters, although I'm sure much of that arises out of ignorance rather than malice.
While both parties may be influenced by religion, one party moreso than another relies more heavily on that; because of that reliance that party essentially CA
N'T do anything positive for
gay people because it would go
against their religious beliefs.
This is a refreshing point of view from a Christian and my
not being a religious
person will be able to recall this article when having the
gay marriage debate with Christians who are
against it for religious reasons.
Every single church in the nation can refuse to marry
gays and preach
against, but you can't make other
people follow your moral code just because it's yours..
ok well in the bible it is
against divorce also but god forgives to but it is still wrong and yes i am from nc and i do live in catawba country where this took place but i do
nt have to sit around and watch
people make out with each other and u know lesbians and
gays should read the bible more pentcosal think the same way about that it is wrong for a man and man to be togather and a woman and woman to be togather and some of you
people are just plan stupid and i think that some of you just need to think it is god place to judge this pastor and it might be old fashion but back in the ol days we did
nt have all this volice and all these crimes but look now there is alot of crime and volice and all we are doing is mad that a pastor said how he felt about
gays and lesbiens
I accept
gay people, and am
not against them.
The public does
not have to subsidize their personal choice to discriminate
against gay people.
Chick Fil A as a business wasn't a problem until
people discover it's owner contributed money to hate groups masked as «family values» that work
against equal rights and protection of
gays and lesbians.
It's
not the fact that Chick - fil - a is a Christian business that
people are outraged about, it's the fact that they as a company (the CEO speaks for the company) they took a political stand
against gay marriage.
I have several
gay family members, but I have no problem with
people who's beliefs are different (as long as they are
not discriminating
against others) I also know several openly
gay / lesbians that work for Chick - fil - A and have felt very comfortable there, at least until others started causing an uproar.
Well, i don't understand christians, they don't accept
gays, ilegal aliens, they
against children born from ilegal women it don't matter the reasons, but the hate abortions, babies are the future
gays, ilegal and other things, so you
people think well, women give birth and became
gays, lesbians, masters, crist, and others... so leave the woman to choose what poblate this earth, right
These same
people likely choose to support some of the discriminations in the Bible (like
against gays), but choose
NOT to support the Bible when it comes to slavery, beating children, etc..
Not that I am now a stranger, but that I was reared a stranger, because now I feel my «own
people» are black and brown and all the
people of color, and all those Christian
gays and lesbians who struggle for acceptance — all those who know what it means to be discriminated
against because of who they are, where they were born, or how much money or education they have.
In the case of christians, it is them using their belief to justify hate
against gays; oppression of women (ie; telling them what they should and shouldn't do with their bodies; basically anything that steps on a
persons equal rights within a free country.
But Crabb quickly hit the rocks when the question and answer session began and he had to insist that he was
not «prejudiced
against gay people».
When this kind of thing happens in daily life it shows that
people feel secure in sharing their prejudice and they presume most other
people will agree with them - I don't think he would have said those words
against gay or black
people.
I didn't talk about the straight
people in your own families who are
against gay marriage.
The Bible also speaks
against fornication (sex out of marriage) between straight
people how much more for the
gays who God DID
NOT create marriage for.
«Iain Dale says that Parkinson can
not be arguing
against gay equality because Parkinson is himself
gay» Unfortunately Conservative party LGBT
people do work
against the interests of other LGBT
people.
For example, a group calling itself the Movement
Against Gays in Liberia, or MOGAL, has been distributing a hit list of
people who support
gay rights, stating that these
people, quote, «should
not be given space to get a gulp of air,» unquote.
While there is significant discrimination
against Gays in employment, it's
not in the same league as it is for Trans
people, and just isn't that big an issue compared with marriage equality.