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The Collapse of Anti-Gay Religion
Slate ^ | 5-1-2014 | William Saletan

Posted on 05/05/2014 7:26:10 AM PDT by Flame Retardant

Throughout history, religion has sanctioned and fueled the persecution of homosexuality. That dynamic may be drawing to an end. Polls, clerics, and denominations are shifting. Theology is adapting. Resistance to same-sex marriage is dwindling, and there’s no end in sight.

For 15 years, the Ethics and Public Policy Center has hosted the Faith Angle Forum, a regular conference on religion and public life. Several weeks ago, the group met again to discuss current issues. Transcripts of the conference have just been posted on EPPC’s website. They underscore the extent of the anti-gay collapse.

The first session, led by papal biographer Paul Vallely and Boston Globe editor John Allen, focused on Pope Francis and the Catholic Church. Vallely, the author of Pope Francis: Untying the Knots, noted that before Francis became pope, he supported civil unions in Argentina....

The conference’s second session dwelled on sin. The speakers, Cornelius Plantinga of Calvin College and Ross Douthat of the New York Times, discussed what we should feel bad about. Homosexuality wasn’t on the list.... “It used to be that people thought of homosexual acts as sinful,” he said. “Now they think of criticism of homosexual acts as sinful.”...

The next morning, we had our final session, on the culture wars. Molly Ball, the Atlantic’s terrific political writer, summarized the trend toward acceptance of same-sex marriage. Forty percent of Republicans and 61 percent of Republicans under 30 now favor it, she reported. So do 57 percent of Catholics and 55 percent of mainline Protestants....

There will always be Christians, Muslims, and Jews who condemn homosexuality.... But in this country, religious resistance is crumbling. It’s being overwhelmed by love, conscience, and a God who keeps creating gay kids, even in the most devout families. Over time, He will prevail.

(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...


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To: Flame Retardant; NoPinkos; Aqua Buddhist; EveningStar

You were Nopinkos and aquabuddhist, right?
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3132906/posts
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2849890/posts


81 posted on 05/05/2014 11:24:57 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: TheOldLady

Another crunchy tidbit for the kittehs!


82 posted on 05/05/2014 11:28:24 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: Darksheare; Admin Moderator
You were Nopinkos and aquabuddhist, right?

I believe that darksheare is on to something with this insight. Since the actual zot wasn't posted on the thread, perhaps our mod might be willing to amuse us with a confirmation of a retread?

83 posted on 05/05/2014 11:31:54 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: TheOldLady

The only surprise about this zot is how long he lasted.


84 posted on 05/05/2014 11:31:58 AM PDT by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: TheOldLady; Flame Retardant
He / she / it picked a strange screen name, but to no avail. I was going to put that name on my possible troll list, but it never made it long enough.


85 posted on 05/05/2014 11:34:27 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (The Second Amendment is NOT about the right to hunt. It IS a right to shoot tyrants.)
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To: Servant of the Cross

*shrugs*

Guess on my part, admittedly.


86 posted on 05/05/2014 11:37:24 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Darksheare

Some of this guy’s supporters are gonna be sad to lose one of their fellow Sarah Palin thread trolls.


87 posted on 05/05/2014 11:38:54 AM PDT by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: Darksheare

aquabuddist had the same M.O. - a pretend Swiss ‘neutrality’ peppered with plenty of advocacy for surrender to the gaystapo ...


88 posted on 05/05/2014 11:42:58 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: lonevoice

Yeah, he also was against interrogating terrorists.


89 posted on 05/05/2014 11:43:27 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Yup.


90 posted on 05/05/2014 11:43:47 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: Flame Retardant

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3151473/posts

Testing the water with that thread, werencha?


91 posted on 05/05/2014 11:45:30 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: TheOldLady
He sounds like a bit of a Paultard too.

Alas, poor Flame Retard, I knew him... briefly as a Paultard.

92 posted on 05/05/2014 11:56:09 AM PDT by humblegunner
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To: humblegunner; TheOldLady; Flame Retardant

Flaming retard, alas he was born a tard, lived a tard, and died tarded in tarder sauce.


93 posted on 05/05/2014 11:58:17 AM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: dfwgator

God also creates liberals.....


94 posted on 05/05/2014 12:01:26 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: LUV W

This was a tasty one, too. Dang pooftahs! Go away.


95 posted on 05/05/2014 12:48:25 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: lonevoice

Yes. It has been a long time coming, but he/she/it was finally given enough rope.


96 posted on 05/05/2014 12:53:57 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Arrowhead1952; Flame Retardant

I almost called it “Flaming Retread” or “Flaming Retard.” But that would have been rude.


97 posted on 05/05/2014 12:55:47 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Flame Retardant
You lasted eight days. It's a week longer than I thought you would.

The whole "resistance is crumbling" thing is a classical bit of wishful thinking on the order of the "picking up steam" stories we usually hear with respect to hopeless causes. Pathetic.

98 posted on 05/05/2014 12:57:15 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: humblegunner

I wouldn’t trust any of the Pauls as far as I could throw them. They’re liberaltarians to a man.

They’re the epitome of campaigning right and taking a very sharp left turn once they’re elected.

I am sick and dang tired of betrayal by our elected officials.


99 posted on 05/05/2014 12:59:34 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Flame Retardant
An in-depth look at the trends I noted earlier.
An in-depth look at the trends would logically lead you to a broken down lawless land mass, devoid of Christian values that tolerated homosexuals, viciously attacking homosexuals to a horrific degree that can't even be imagined by people who have not visited Hell itself. Have fun with that.
100 posted on 05/05/2014 1:30:38 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Land of the Free and the home of the Brave!)
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