Secondly, you never answered my position that I believe we are more moral now than in the past. You're working so hard on defense, you forgot 50% of the game. I guess you're wearing me out by keeping my offense on the field.
It is sanctimonius for you to tell me what to pray for.
I understand your religious views. I am pointing out that it's is wrong for you to try and impose them on everyone and for you to tell me how things have been for thousands of years. I answered that before. Tell it to women and slaves and evryone else who had their rights repressed.
I never said he did, I only said that He's the same God in both Testaments. And BTW, have you read a book called Revelation? If not, you may want to check into it.
Secondly, you never answered my position that I believe we are more moral now than in the past.
Actually, the reason I didn't answer that is because I never said we're all less moral, I said that damage is being done to the societal fabric. Two words: Gummi bricks. Then there's the fact that if I let a guy con me, that doesn't make me immoral. He's the only one who's immoral, but that doesn't get me my money back, does it?
It is sanctimonius for you to tell me what to pray for.
Nah, doesn't fit the definition, because I wasn't implying (nor do I think) I am morally superior to you. Perhaps I should have just said you were being arrogant. And make no mistake, you were being arrogant. Really, really arrogant.
I understand your religious views. I am pointing out that it's is wrong for you to try and impose them on everyone and for you to tell me how things have been for thousands of years. I answered that before. Tell it to women and slaves and evryone else who had their rights repressed.
The fact that women and slaves were once oppressed doesn't mean we have to invent new rights and acknowledge classes of victims that aren't victims. And it really is ludicrous for you to keep saying that an argument for preserving marriage as is constitutes me "imposing my religion" on anyone. Where is the clause in Prop 22 that requires everyone to convert to Christianity?
Heck, you could make an argument that almost any useful law is a case of someone imposing their religion, because almost every serious offense is something banned by multiple religions.