....One thing I firmly believe is that Christians, particularly the more conservative Christians, have got to put aside some differences with those who are not likeminded, and begin to seek out common ground for long term goals, particularly when it comes to politics and laws. Sometimes politics makes strange bedfellows. For example, while conservatives and hardcore feminists probably don’t share a lot in common, they’ve recently found a lot of common ground when it comes to the transgender and sports dilemma in this country.
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They “supported” the same-sex marriage act solely because it ultimately protected their church. What the LDS has provided is a roadmap that Baptists should follow in seeking ecumenical cooperation with the “world” in order to provide protections of Christian morals. From the Washington Post:If the Morons are such godly conservatives, then why did they endorse the [Dis]Respect For Marriage Act that promotes sodomy?
LDS Church comes out in support of federal law protecting same-sex marriage
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints voiced its support for proposed federal legislation safeguarding same-sex marriages,
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Didn’t the SC already rule in favor of the Christian bakery? https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ke-bakers-who-rebuffed-lesbians-idUSKCN1TI1MQ
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They'd been heading that way for a long time. I don't believe the exodus of many Christians from the public schools really contributed much to the problem. There were many who kept their kids in public schools, and their kids ended up with a lax view of Christianity, church, and God in most cases. I've seen very few who kept their children in public schools rejoicing over their decision to do so. You're correct....you're just too young to remember much about many eras since the 60s. I'm not, and neither are many others here. No offense intended, but, sometimes youth has its disadvantages.
I can respect that point of view. I suppose I sometimes romanticize what life was probably like before my time, and the truth is, there were many changes already taking place in society such as the hippie movement, and race riots and so on. That being said, I am old enough to know that when I was a kid, attitudes towards gay marriage, transgendered people, etc, wasn’t like it is with today’s youth.
Maybe it’s possible that there was never a time in history that humans had higher morals, but maybe those behaviors were just better hidden and kept “in the closet” rather than openly promoted and praised. Certainly we know in the days of Noah, Moses, etc., there was plenty of wickedness among the citizens of Egypt and elsewhere in the world.
Attitudes have been changing towards all of the sexual misdeeds of people. Back in the 1960s, a pedophile in our neighborhood was nearly killed by neighbors just for saying "good morning" to a child that passed by the house he was renting. Had the owners known that he was a deviant, he would never have been allowed to rent that house, especially so close to a church and school. During the 70s I only knew of one transgender person, and I worked with him...he was born a man, but claimed he was a woman and worked as a waitress...UGH! It was very difficult to work around this idiocy, and many were toeing the line, so to say. I was not one to do that. He wanted to be called "Tiffany" though his name was Timothy. I called him Tim. Gay marriage wasn't a thing known to me, though civil unions were, and it wasn't really known in our community until the late 70s and early 1980s. I have three lesbian cousins, one is married to a woman. The other two have their "ladies", but, neither of them plans on marrying.
I didn’t realize there were openly transgender people back in the 70s, although I wasn’t even alive in the 70s. Gay marriage was something I wasn’t aware of as a kid, but I do remember hearing about civil unions on the news in the early 90s, though it wasn’t law anywhere I ever lived.
