Posted on 06/05/2019 7:43:43 AM PDT by Sheapdog
I don’t think it’s the President’s duty to preach fire and brimstone. When you are speaking from a religious standpoint, you offend people - even other religious - who don’t share that particular standpoint.
The president holds a secular position, and he’s the president of all of us, not just believers of one kind or another.
But if he can do something to save gay people from persecution, and even torture and murder in backward countries, I’m behind him.
I still think had gay marriage not become a moot point when the SCOTUS legalized it, Trump probably doesn’t get the nomination, because he would have had to come out for gay marriage, which probably would have killed his chances with social conservatives.
As it turned out, he never even had to address the issue.
Earlier I asked you who here said anything about making homosexual activity illegal. Now I’m asking you who said anything about the president having to be all fire and brimstone about the subject? Please stop deflecting the issue with strawmen. Trump actively joined in the celebration of gay, Etc pride month. He just should of left the whole subject alone. I never said he should be preaching fire and brimstone. Nobody should be celebrating sin. On top of that it will probably cost him votes.
( please don’t come back with the comment, “oh, so now you’re not going to vote for him?”)
That’s a good point.
It didn’t strike me to suggest you’d withhold your vote; I assume that most conservative thinkers know which side their bread is buttered on and would not fail to vote for Trump. It’s called compromise, and we have to practice it every day in practical and political life.
Gay friends? So you have no problem enabling and encouraging sin and perversion?
I once had a job reviewing reasons why people lost or quit their jobs. For every gay harassed off the job, there were five straight people harassed off their job. Decades ago, when Oregon legislators first pushed for gay rights legislation, their bill was tabled because they couldn't find any victims to interview. .
That doesn’t surprise me. I’ve worked with lots of gay people and never saw one harassed in the workplace in any way.
I have known gay people who were particularly unpleasant; but haven’t encountered them any more often than very unpleasant straight people.
Homosexual acts behind closed doors is protected by the Fourth Amendment.
But please show me where in the Constitution my privately owned business is required to provide refreshments or facilities for ANY gathering or activity that I find morally repugnant?
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