Private behavior is not a public issue for debate.
Only when a behavior is a put forth as a pertinent premise related to an issue is "private behavior" relevant for discussion.
Just because one can hit themselves in the head with a hammer or eat dog poop "privately" does not make such practices of value to society...
The issue becomes an issue when such practices are pushed by their practitioners who seek acceptance as normal what society rejects as disordered and of no value to society...
The issue really becomes a contentious issue when the practitioners of such practices push to have big government impose acceptance upon society and privilege at the expense of society these practices that society rejects as disordered and of no value to society...
Do YOU call that freedom?
Speaking of "private behavior" --the "Log Cabin Republicans" really could just as well be called the "We Hit Ourselves With Hammers Republicans" or "Dog Poop Eating Republicans" -are you getting a clue yet?
Private behavior is no longer private when it is placed in the public domain and is premise for promoting political initiatives...
Now, what are you promoting here -"private behavior" freedom which we already have and as such require no promotion of OR are you promoting the homosexual agenda?
As you may have read in my previous post. I think homosexuality is an abhorrent behavior. I will reference God’s dealing with Sodom and Gomorrah as to my attitude.
However, in this country the freedoms given by the constitution demand that we, if we want our own freedom to have the ten commandments in court buildings, openly pray in public buildings such as schools, and all of the other freedoms we want, must allow others freedom as well as long as it does not infringe on our liberty or freedom.
That being said, you will agree with me that this country has gone well beyond removing or restricting the gay community from gathering through legislation. That change must come from within the Churches, homes, and schools. Given that even many churches have embraced the homosexual community I believe the overall battle has been lost on any great scale. If the Churches don’t get back to Biblical principles that family will not and thus society will not.
That all leaves us in the same situation as Noah found himself and Job found himself.
The thread we are in is on someone speaking to a group of individuals with whom we disagree. My contention was simply that he has the right to speak to that group and that does not necessarily mean he agrees with their lifestyle.
My bottom line is that we can not change a society unless we get back to a Spiritual base that starts in the Church or the individual and at this point the Churches are not doing the job as it seems to me.