Quote Originally Posted by PurplePotatoes
What if one of your kids were gay? Would you punish them or expell them from the family? And you make it sound like a giant conspiracy that the gays are setting up. Do you think anyone really wants to be gay? There are a few too many self loathing gays that prevent themselves from coming out of the closet... it would be much easier for them just to be straight. Unfortunately, they can't. I can understand that you're just wayyy too close minded against gays, since more than likely you grew up in a racist area, or an area full of bigotry and elitests. I'm sorry you had to grow up in that area, but don't take it out on people different than you. And socialism and communism has nothing to do with homosexuality, and isn't all that bad, it's just a different ideaology, an UNAMERICAN ideaology none the less. I'm not for either of them though, I'm a democrat/liberal (please don't tell me they are the same thing ). I'm really trying not to stereotype all texans, but I guess most of them are living in the past.

I grow up in an area where prejudism is pretty much just a joke, like some kids will make racist jokes, and will just joke around with the word nigger, but nothing serious. Racism is a taught concept, so until you stop living pre-1960's, we'll never progress in society. America is supposed to be a salad bowl of all sorts of people, and how are we going to consider ourselves land of the free when not everyone has the same rights? Land of the free in the sense of no slavery (except the arabs in Iraq who we've conquered, taken over their country, and changed the government to what we believe, which I don't think is right if they didn't really want it, and we have no way of knowing), but mental slavery. Free your mind of the rules your parents set, and learn to love your brother. God put them on Earth for a reason. (I know you believe in God).

Thanks Torog,
<3<3 Purple Potatoes
Howdy Purple Potatoes,

You ask:"What if one of your kids was gay ?"

Well..I have only one child,a daughter,praise the Lord-that she ain't gay..and may God have mercy on those who are.

What you don't seem to understand,is that for me and billions of religious folks,homosexuality..is a sin. This is not a question of civil rights..it's a question of how to love the sinner and hate the sin..as well as how to stop the spread of disease and death,that is the curse of homosexuality. Did you know-that in Saudia Arabia,homosexuals are put to the sword ? Why don't gays and those who support them-ever ask for a condemnation of shari'a law regarding homosexuals ?

You claim that socialism and communism don't have a connection-but in fact,they do. The reason is,is that the homosexual agenda,serves to divide America and attack Christianity,destroy family values and promote the spread of disease and the resulting logistical burden on health and human services,couple that with addictive drugs..and you have a recipe for disaster-which is what socialists and commies want,so they can destroy America,from within..and step in with their ideaology,as a solution.

If God put gays on earth for a reason,it would be to see how faithful we are to His Word,when He said that" man shall not lay with man,as he would his wife"..and to see how we can the love the sinner and hate the sin.

My daught was molested,at the age of five,by a bi-sexual paedophile,so I have a big chip on my shoulder-towards gays and those who claim that homosexuality is harmless and a 'right'. I realize,that most gays ain't that way and that I should not judge them all,by the actions of a few..or even one.

My parents didn't teach me to hate gays..or minorities,we are Christian and know that we must love our brothers and sisters,however,the Bible taught me that homosexuality,is a sin,in the eyes of God..and I must heed that and find a way to love the sinner and hate the sin. I will not abandon my faith or go against God,for the sake of political-correctness.

As for stereotyping Texans goes,it's the conservative folks of faith,in small towns that are viewing homosexuality as a sin,whereas,cities like Houston and Dallas,are enclaves of liberalism and gays,and those who don't believe that homosexuality is a sin.

In today's world of pc'ism,the term "progressive society",means the destruction of the traditional family and traditional values,and is really an attack against the basic foundations that all societies need,in order to thrive. That term,is also linked to Karl Marx and socialism.

Have a good one...Torog