Posted on 04/07/2013 12:35:31 PM PDT by IbJensen
(CNN) - Bill O'Reilly, the conservative Fox News host, believes same-sex marriage advocates have a more convincing argument than opponents, who do nothing but rehash scripture to make their point.
"The compelling argument is on the side of homosexuals," O'Reilly said Tuesday on Fox. "That's where the compelling argument is. 'We're Americans. We just want to be treated like everybody else.' That's a compelling argument, and to deny that, you have got to have a very strong argument on the other side. The argument on the other side hasn't been able to do anything but thump the Bible."
O'Reilly has previously stated he takes a libertarian view on the issue, and repeated Tuesday night that it's a decision that should be left up to the states. "I support civil unions. I always have. The gay marriage thing, I don't feel that strongly about it one way or another."
Both sides of the debate clashed this week in Washington as the Supreme Court hears challenges to two cases dealing with the issue.
O'Reilly has been less critical of so-called Bible thumpers in the past. In a May 2009 column on his website, he again argued the matter should be decided by states but also said he understands that "most Americans believe heterosexual marriage deserves a special place in our society."
"Our Judeo-Christian traditions, which have made the United States the most prosperous and just society the world has ever known, speak to a family built around a responsible mother and a father-certainly the optimum when it comes to raising children," he wrote.
But, he argued, people who feel strongly about traditional marriage "have allowed themselves to be intimidated" and have refused to stand up for what they believe in.
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IF you can not succinctly and objectively identify a supposed universal communal sense you refer to then it is simply a fantasy construct. I have a feeling that more than likely you refer to the Judeo-Christian tradition (communal sense) as evidenced historically put into and practice institutionally and do not even realize it or possibly do nit wish to acknowledge the rich heritage that premises the American experiment.
We were endowed by our "communal sense" just does not have the same ring as we were endowed by our Creator.
Following 32 state votes to deny promoting disordered sex as normal or basis for societal benefit or privilege in 2012 three passed the nonsense and one rejected making the possibility of idiocy illegal.
Considering the leftist payola, GOTV effort, media propaganda efforts, and all the 'community organizing' efforts that propelled the homosexual communist president back into office I would say that the supposed homosexual sex victory says more about corruption and the promotion of evil than it does about changing attitudes e.g. communal senses leaning forward.
Common sense tells us homosexuality is out there and it's not going away.
your Communal sense appears to be wanting all homosexuals eliminated.
LMAO! Well, at least you are consistent. You assert we have different communal senses? History shows that homosexual sex has not been embraced or promoted. Scientific reality shows homosexual sex to be a procreative dead end and a disease ridden endeavor.
Even a useful idiot would concede then that your communal sense as a source for anything universal is but a fantasy.
You have your communal sense and I have mine -the homosexual sex perverts and the useful idiot mob has theirs...
The thousand people a month are mostly coming in for jobs and internships, and the city is almost 50% white now. A few decades ago it was 70% black. Now there is also a significant Hispanic population.
What you're saying is that America is a communalistic state. Look it up.
From my dictionary ...
"communalism 1. a theory or system of government in which communes or local communities, sometimes on an ethnic or religious basis, have virtual autonomy within a federated state."
NO -that is what you are saying. America is not a State it is a Republic comprised of States. Look it up.
Further, your straw man is nothing more than a form of ANARCHY -an anarchist state comprised of independent collectivist communities -a leftist form of anarchy.
So BOR is now firmly in the anti-first-amendment crowd, eh? That’s the sum total of his argument - thous shalt not use religion as a reason for anything.
I will pray for you.
Don't patronize me.
You go ahead and pray to the ambiguously homosexual communal sense that you worship all you want. Meanwhile, I will focus on opposing the crap that you and the leftists promote.
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