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koiflower
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posted September 26, 2009 11:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for koiflower     Edit/Delete Message
Victoria, a state in Australia, is going backwards........

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Gay rights advocates have criticised slated changes to Victoria's equal opportunity laws that will continue to allow religious organisations to discriminate against gays and single parents.

State Attorney-General Rob Hulls says a new Equal Opportunity Bill will be introduced into parliament next year.

Under the changes, religious groups will no longer be able to discriminate on the grounds of race, disability, age, physical features, political belief or breastfeeding.

But they can continue to discriminate on grounds including sexuality or marital status if it is in accordance with their beliefs.



http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/mp/6104482/church-can-reject-gays-single-mums/

Whoa to all you gays!!!

Whoa to all you single mums!!!

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Azalaksh
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posted September 26, 2009 11:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Azalaksh     Edit/Delete Message
Clinging to the past, and narrowminded dogma, is what holds the human race back from achieving our potential.....

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PeaceAngel
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posted September 27, 2009 04:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PeaceAngel     Edit/Delete Message
This is why I don't like religion. Another good reason to pass judgement in the name of God and for some to hold elitist self-righteous beliefs about being better than others. Good work. Pfff.

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PeaceAngel
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posted September 27, 2009 04:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for PeaceAngel     Edit/Delete Message
One of the men in my class is a devout Christian who believes that people who are gay are under the influence of Satan. His words. So, I'm thinking that he's seeing things from a sexual perspective, rather from the point of loving and falling in love with someone regardless of their genitals.

Single mothers and gays. One common denominator = sex (or sex outside of man-woman marriage). The problem is sex being seen as sinful. They can't even handle the idea of Mary having sex so they concocted the notion of immaculate conception. That's readily acceptable, and yet, so many other things are so unfathomable in Christianity. LOL.

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DepTaurus
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posted September 27, 2009 05:15 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DepTaurus     Edit/Delete Message
thats is a sin in itself to reject someone from the church because of who they sleep with.
thats like rejecting god for those who are christian its like saying we reject god because god or whatever god entity there is is in you no matter what religon you are.

this is disgusting people should stop going backwords in time and start moving forward. this is not rght.

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lionseye***
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posted September 27, 2009 05:23 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for lionseye***     Edit/Delete Message
Thankfully we still have a choice when it comes to religion
As long as we are kind to each other. we're on the right path

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blue moon
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posted September 27, 2009 05:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for blue moon     Edit/Delete Message
If you're not good enough for them, they're not good enough for you.

One of my life's mottos. Pertinent at one point for one of my friends in relation to his church and his sexual orientation.

There is too much misery caused in life by the struggle to be found acceptable by someone or something who will never accept you the way you are. There's things about me that could use a change but some fundamental things aren't changeable and I don't see why I should try, get stuffed.

Again I am going to be agreeing with DepT. A re-read of the Bible might help a church that applies a social discrimination policy.

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katatonic
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posted September 27, 2009 05:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for katatonic     Edit/Delete Message
well my guess is those churches will be losing followers..what a pity!

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pire
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posted September 27, 2009 07:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pire     Edit/Delete Message
i don't care if they like me or if they accept me in their ranks;

the boy you talk about PA, he's to be pitied, now let's make a prayer for him.

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Xodian
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posted September 27, 2009 10:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Xodian     Edit/Delete Message
Moving thread to Global Unity for obvious reasons.

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AcousticGod
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posted September 27, 2009 10:06 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for AcousticGod     Edit/Delete Message
It didn't need to be moved.

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T
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posted September 27, 2009 10:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for T     Edit/Delete Message
Xodian, you love moving threads, dont you? lol

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Xodian
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posted September 28, 2009 01:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Xodian     Edit/Delete Message
To be fair, it had to be. Given how Valus' threads were moved on the premise that they were politically related, I can saftely say this one falls in the same category.

Just playing it safe.

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MoonWitch
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posted September 29, 2009 06:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MoonWitch     Edit/Delete Message
*shrugs*

If a church rejects you - who really cares? Find another one. If their beliefs say that what you are doing and how you live is wrong - that's their problem. You can, in turn, believe they are backwards. They shouldn't be forced to include you and you shouldn't and aren't forced to attend.

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