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Obama: Americans Need to Shift Religious Views to Accept Gay Marriage
Southern Orders ^ | 6/27/15 | Fr. Allan McDonald

Posted on 06/28/2015 11:27:55 AM PDT by marshmallow

After the Supreme Court issued its ruling on gay marriage Friday, President Obama gave a speech in which he said Americans need to change their religious views to be accepting of gay marriage, the Daily Caller reported. To that end, he encouraged gay marriage supporters to "help” people overcome their deeply-held religious views.

“I know that Americans of goodwill continue to hold a wide range of views on this issue,” he said. Initially, he exhibited a bit of respect for those who oppose same-sex marriage.

"Opposition in some cases has been based on sincere and deeply held beliefs,” he said. “All of us who welcome today’s news should be mindful of that fact. Recognize different viewpoints. Revere our deep commitment to religious freedom.”

"But today should also give us hope that on the many issues with which we grapple often painfully real change is possible,” he added. The implication was clear: Those who disagree with the idea of gay marriage based, for example, on their religious views, must change to be more like progressives who accept gay marriage.

“Shifts in hearts and minds is possible,” he added. “And those who have come so far on their journey to equality have a responsibility to reach back and help others join them. Because for all our differences, we are one people — stronger together than we could ever be alone.”

"That’s always been our story," he continued. "We are big and vast, and diverse. A nation of people with different backgrounds and beliefs, with different experiences and stories, but bound by our shared ideal that no matter who you are, or what you look like, how you started off, or how and who you love — America’s a place where you can write your own destiny.”

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; obamanation; ssm
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To: marshmallow

101 posted on 06/28/2015 2:11:41 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: marshmallow

Can’t wait to see Obama trying to talk the elders of the AME church into performing gay marriages.


102 posted on 06/28/2015 2:13:01 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Barack Obama is not inarguably sane.)
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To: marshmallow

No, I won’t.

L


103 posted on 06/28/2015 2:13:33 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: Vic S

Seems liberals like “lists”. Fair play.


104 posted on 06/28/2015 2:31:15 PM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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To: marshmallow

Obama needs to STFU. :-D


105 posted on 06/28/2015 3:00:53 PM PDT by piusv
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To: marshmallow

Going after the “bitter clingers” again, I see.


106 posted on 06/28/2015 3:09:39 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: marshmallow

The God of America has spoken and we must bow down to listen.

This will not end well for this demon from hell.


107 posted on 06/28/2015 3:45:30 PM PDT by bestintxas (every time a RINO loses, a founding father gets his wings.)
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To: marshmallow
fub0 evil depraved pile of filth...burn for eternity.
108 posted on 06/28/2015 3:57:38 PM PDT by SeaBiscuit (God Bless America (..but I know not why))
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To: marshmallow

Dream about it you Muslim POS!


109 posted on 06/28/2015 4:33:47 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Delta 21

I don’t think it has anything to do with knowledge. I take it as a veiled threat.


110 posted on 06/28/2015 4:59:51 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: TigersEye

Yes, homosexuality is a neurosis. Ever see the way they act? Even in public. Really messed up people.


111 posted on 06/28/2015 5:02:14 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: marshmallow

This is something that would be coming from an anti-Christ as noted by John.


112 posted on 06/28/2015 5:22:28 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: marshmallow
Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies on the cheek bone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly.

Deuteronomy 20:1-4

"When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. "When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people. "He shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you."

113 posted on 06/28/2015 5:32:52 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: marshmallow

FUBO


114 posted on 06/28/2015 6:47:21 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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To: Ezekiel

So - Fri June 26, which became a day of mourning, was 9 Tammuz, traditional day of mourning... wow. And 17 Tammuz is July 4. Thanks for the ping.

“An appeal to Heaven”


115 posted on 06/28/2015 7:37:20 PM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: cyn
And 17 Tammuz is July 4.

Same as 1776.

116 posted on 06/28/2015 8:09:22 PM PDT by Ezekiel (All who mourn the destruction of America merit the celebration of her rebirth.)
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To: Ezekiel

This leads one to ponder.


117 posted on 06/28/2015 8:12:11 PM PDT by cyn (Benghazi.)
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To: caww

The Lord he is talking about is his dark Lord, the devil.


118 posted on 06/28/2015 8:19:12 PM PDT by vpintheak (Call the left what they are - regressive control-freaks)
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To: realcleanguy; 444Flyer; Ezekiel; tuffydoodle; tang-soo; SkyPilot; metmom; RnMomof7; MHGinTN; ...

[what just happened here?]

Just some very, very, very old history repeating itself.

Genesis 3:1-4 King James Version (KJV)

3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:


119 posted on 06/28/2015 8:50:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SaveFerris
! L4B does not fear God, he is above all that.
120 posted on 06/28/2015 8:52:13 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
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