Sentences with phrase «oppose gays»

Also you might note that the christians in this blog post do not oppose gays becoming pastors.

Saying that in the military we can not say a open prayer and in school games can not say a open prayer Merry Christmas almost has become a curse retailers are afraid to oppose the gays and the gays protesting and violent against anyone that is in a opposing view.

Yet he did say what he did that obviously tells the story that he did not oppose gays or their rights.

Joy also opposed gay marriage at the time.

They know those contributions might become public at some point, and no company that sells a product wants to risk the kind of consumer reaction that engulfed Target in 2010, after it contributed $ 150,000 to a Minnesota group backing a conservative candidate opposing gay marriage.

Schultz and Chick - Fil - A's Dan Cathy (who spoke out opposing gay marriage) have faced withering critiques for their activism, while Facebook's Sandberg and Goldman Sach's Blankfein have generally been praised for their public statements supporting gender and marriage equality.

All I can say to African Americans who oppose gay marriage is that once upon a time, much of America opposed you.

If your god opposes the gays (that you claim it creates) why does it allow equality for gays?

Someone should tell that to those wanting to oppose gay marriage, just as those opposing interracial marriage should have been clued in to their bigotry and hatred.

Everyone who opposes gay rights need to reflect on why they are opposed to gay marriage and gay rights, and if the reason is because «the Bible» (which I am a Believer and follower of Christ)- then you need to reevaluate the reasons you are opposed to gay rights.

For example there is no reasonable argument to be made from a secular viewpoint to oppose gay marriage that can not be said to oppose hetero marriage as well.

They are a private company that is based on Christian principles and they can donate to whoever it wants and just because they give food / money to another Christian organization (that happens to oppose gay marriage) doesn't make them anti-gay.

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The religious right in the USA opposing gay marriage, for example.

Draz You see, in my view all self - declaring Christians who actively oppose gay rights to marry, for example, are being «radicals» as you define them.

Meanwhile, there are millions of moderate American Christians who have no inclination towards opposing gay marriage at all who end up getting lumped together with these other «Christians» as being hateful.

Christians — especially evangelicals, and above all evangelicals who oppose gay marriage but insist they are not anti-gay (you know who you are!)

Again and again, Charles hammered home the point that it is not necessary to oppose gay civil rights on Christian principle; but it is necessary to show love and acceptance, because the church has the responsibility of welcoming and sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with all people.

Nii Equally valid is making sure that you aren't opposing gay marriage because you hate, or are otherwise prejudiced against gays, right?

The president had previously said that he opposed gay marriage, but said in May that his views were personal and did not represent a policy change.

(Note: Just so we're clear, I'm not saying that anyone who opposes gay marriage or the Tea Party or «happy holidays» is doing so out of fear; just saying that as citizens of the Kingdom of Heaven, fear need not be a factor in our discussion of these issues.)

I believe in God, and I identify as a Christian, and this identity as a Christian has provided me with the insight to know that people who oppose gay marriage based on «religious reasons» are just making excuses for their homophobia.

I oppose gay marriage, abortion, etc not on religious grounds.

Recent polls show (CNN) that blacks overwhelming oppose gay marriage.

There is definitely a generation gap between those who oppose gay marriage and those who support it.

twinks are actually ticked off because a resturant owner opposes gay marriage!!

The only group of Scots who still oppose gay marriage is over sixty - fives who go to church regularly.

They say that they did not donate food to the group for the purpose of opposing gay marriage, but if they had I would say «more power to them.»

But misinformation like that presented by Chris (80 % oppose gay marriage) is constantly being promoted by the religious right.

the person opposing gay marriage isn't stepping outside their bounds as a Christian.

That didn't stop Nick Clegg using - now notoriously - the word «bigot» to describe anyone who opposed gay marriage.

As Christians, we oppose Gay Marriage — as does 85 % of the rest of America.

If I supported gay relationships and was wrong, I could be sinning by encouraging people to do something wrong, but if I opposed gay relationships and was wrong, I would be sinning by putting myself and others back under the law and making Christ «of no value.

Those who made and continue to make cogent, well - reasoned, loving arguments for marriage as it has been defined throughout human history continue to get branded as hateful bigots, not because they are, but because others who have opposed gay rights have been.

People who continue to oppose gay marriage are being defined as bigots, and bigots are outside of polite society.

A Pew Research Center survey released Tuesday shows a remarkable convergence on this question between 1996, when the overwhelming majority (65 %) of Americans opposed gay marriage, and 2011, when only a minority (46 %) do.

They have no objections when Obama opposed Gay marriages.

I think most people who oppose gay marriage are mainly people who still believe gays CHOOSE to be gay.

Likewise, he refuses to reveal his own motives for opposing gay marriage, probably because he knows his reasons don't hold water and won't stand up to scrutiny or be borne out by evidence.

In the same way, religious leaders who oppose gay rights must accept that gay Americans are afforded the same religious liberty protections.

The concern I have is that I feel Anderson Cooper pursues people and groups who oppose the gay rights movement more often than any other cause in his show.

I am a conservative Christian who opposes gay marriage, but I am ashamed of this pastor's comments.

To say that we should all just get along is a scape goat, because those who oppose gay marriage don't just have an opinion but want to prevent gay people form getting married.

Actually, I think those that oppose gay rights tend to be the «oppressors».

Come now, there are plenty of born - again types here who will gladly tell you that you can not be a «real Christian» unless you oppose gay marriage, oppose evolution, believe that the Bible is 100 % factual, and that the rapture is just around the corner.

According to Giberson and Stephens, you might be an anti-intellectual fundamentalist if you are an evangelical who: dismisses evolution as «an unproven theory»; deny that «climate change is real and caused by humans»; think that «the founders were evangelicals who intended America to be a Christian nation»; defend spanking children; believe in traditional roles for the sexes; think that reparative therapy can «cure» homosexuality; and / or oppose gay marriage.

Writing for the New York Review of Books, the indefatigable Garry Wills asks, «Why do some people who would recognize gay civil unions oppose gay marriage?

The only issue is that it may have indirectly contributed to an organization that opposed gay right.

Peter Hitchens, in The Spectator, argued that those who oppose gay marriage are simply fighting the wrong battle.