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In reply to the discussion: Not the Onion: Religious Groups Worried They’ll Be Branded As Bigots After Same-Sex Marriage Case [View all]MicaelS
(8,747 posts)32. Just like defending slavery.
"History shows us that some of this nations most abhorrent laws and practices laws and practices that are now considered anachronistic blemishes on our history were grounded in and defended by religious and moral justifications, the Jewish groups said.
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Not the Onion: Religious Groups Worried They’ll Be Branded As Bigots After Same-Sex Marriage Case [View all]
n2doc
Apr 2015
OP
bible approved laws approving slavery were also the universal rule in this country at one time nt
msongs
Apr 2015
#2
Yes, and divorce. New Testament. Jesus said that. Lots of wiggling out of that one, too.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#9
I'm sorry, but at the "oral arguments" I just about lost it. In any case, bigots are as bigots do.
libdem4life
Apr 2015
#3
These fucked up people/groups have to be just utterly stupid. Like DUH, they ARE bigots and haters,
RKP5637
Apr 2015
#4
Well, there is a real easy fix for that. They should quit acting like biggots.
Agnosticsherbet
Apr 2015
#27