Posted on 11/05/2014 9:58:55 AM PST by Yashcheritsiy
The other part of this, of course, has nothing to do with your existence in America, it has to do with your participation in a privately-owned conservative forum, one that is dedicated to God, and to fighting the homosexual agenda.
That’s why I found your posts shocking, to say the least.
Of course, I’m not the owner of FR. I’m just a fourteen and a half year guest here. Who can post and who can’t is entirely up to the proprietor. It’s his house. Which has nothing therefore to do with the First Amendment, by the way. If he doesn’t like what either you or I say, he is completely within his rights to kick us out the door on our butts, as I’m sure you’ll agree.
I am Jew and have a free pass into Heaven. I have been in a monogamous relationship with only 1 sexual partner my entire life. My partner spouse whatever you wish to call her receives communion every week. Yes, her Catholic Church is aware of us and we had many meetings with them about it. Her Deacon performed our commitment ceremony. We even did Evenings For the Engaged. It was not easy, we had to agree to many things for all this to happen. Our two sons and daughter all are baptized. I just picked my sons up from RE (Religious Education).
I am well aware of the 1st Amendment. It protects me from government crushing my free speech rights, private entities can do as they wish. If the owner of this site wishes me gone, I have no desire to be where I am not wanted. I have had many on FR pray for my soul but I don't think any have sought to have me removed. You definitely would be the first.
I doubt the founder of this site thinks I am any some sort of a threat. If anything you have awesome diversity to have a lesbian that equates abortion to the Holocaust, I want to ban Islam as a religion, I probably have more guns than the average freeper and I am opposed to the homosexual agenda as my individual liberty is far more important and not worth losing to ill conceived gains in group rights from unsavory and dangerous people. I merely offer a conservative view with a slight twist. I am not really sure how who I choose to spend my life with and raise a family prevents me from being a conservative. If that scares you then I feel sorry for you.
Good Luck in your future endeavors.
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You might not want to bet your soul on that.
I do not believe I am in violation of anything written there. If I am wrong then I will be happy to leave.
I do not believe I am in violation of anything written there. If I am wrong then I will be happy to leave.
You aren’t or you would have been notified by the mods probably
Wife and I aren't overly religious, but we are a fiscal, small government (and what part of small government tells people that you should sleep with the opposite sex.), constitutional conservative family. We like FR, but wife and I are outcasts on social issues here.
Anyway, welcome to FR...
Well, except for the “we oppose all forms of homosexualism” and “defending our traditional American way of life” parts.
TheArizona might not be as religious as you, but remember, we believe in Freedom of Religion. We don't have a National Pastor to tell you what you should think.
"Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure (and) which insures to the good eternal happiness, are undermining the solid foundation of morals, the best security for the duration of free governments." -- Charles Carroll“We live in an age of science and of abounding accumulation of material things. These did not create our Declaration. Our Declaration created them. The things of the spirit come first. Unless we cling to that, all our material prosperity, overwhelming though it may appear, will turn to a barren scepter in our grasp. If we are to maintain the great heritage which has been bequeathed to us, we must be like-minded as the fathers who created it. We must not sink into pagan materialism. We must cultivate the reverence which they had for the things that are holy. We must follow the spiritual and moral leadership which they showed.” "The worst evil that could be inflicted upon the youth of the land would be to leave them without restraint and completely at the mercy of their own uncontrolled inclinations. Under such conditions education would be impossible, and all orderly development intellectually or morally would be hopeless. The Declaration of Independence...claims...the ultimate source of authority by stating...they were...'appealing to the Supreme Judge of the World for the rectitude of their intentions.'...The foundations of our independence and our Government rests upon basic religious convictions. Back of the authority of our laws is the authority of the Supreme Judge of the World, to whom we still appeal. It seems to me perfectly plain that the authority of law, the right to equality, liberty, and property, under American institutions, have for their foundation reverence for God. If we could imagine that to be swept away, these institutions of our American government could not long survive." -- President Calvin Coolidge
"Our liberty depends on our education, our laws, and habits...It is founded on morals and religion, whose authority reigns in the heart, and on the influence all these produce on public opinion before that opinion governs rulers." -- Fisher Ames
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Excuse me, what does that have to do with whether or not a GAY can be a conservative. Some conservatives are not social conservative, my wife and I aren’t because we do go to church all the time. We are fiscally and small government conservative.
Actually, she hasn’t professed “homosexualism”. Identifying herself as a lesbian doesn’t “promote” the lifestyle to others. She stated a fact and added to the discussion about the GOP pandering to homosexuals. Clearly, she doesn’t seem to trumpet that on all the various forums here and kept it private (as it should be) until a thread came up where she posted a relevant argument. My best friend came out as a lesbian to me last year. It unnerved me, not because she suddenly said she was gay, but because she deceived me. It still makes me uncomfortable only because we were so close and I never knew. I have other friends and coworkers and cousins who are and personally I just don’t much care. It’s between them and God. Sin is sin and we are all sinners. In any case, in case no one else has done so, I welcome her to FreeRepublic. She is conservative where my friend most certainly is not... odd that I haven’t heard from her today.... :P
If you don’t understand that homosexuality is immoral, and destructive of the foundations of our republic, I doubt that anything I say is going to matter to you.
So you just go ahead and pretend that moral questions don’t matter. Blow them off as “social issues.” See where it gets you.
if you think that gaining acceptance for homosexuality is not part of the agenda here, you’ve got your eyes closed.
I mean, it’s obvious that that exact thing is what this conversation is about.
And no matter how much protestation I hear that she’s not pushing the radical homosexual agenda, I can’t help but remember that getting the American people, starting with our young people, to accept homosexuality as a positive good is agenda item number one.
Well said!
I never said it was a positive thing. I disagree vehemently with the choice of lifestyle and view it as a toxic choice. However, God did not appoint me as a judge. I found it interesting that she prefers to keep it private but also exposes the radicals for their behavior being all about their genitalia. My friend once she came out to me has been a lot more conversant about it, and I would rather she didn’t. I don’t tell her what I do with my wife, etc.
As to a threat to the foundation of the republic... I don’t know if I would go that far but I will agree it isn’t constructive. The radical agenda some of them have is disturbing.
Lately, he seems to be having more of them.
Like I said, without its moral basis, the republic is on its way out.
Buildings can’t stand for long without their foundations.
It’s pretty simple.
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