May 14, 2012 Due May 19, 2012
We had good class discussions on Amendment One and the Constitutional issues involved. However, the arguments in favor of the amendment seemed to be biblical in nature and not constitutional. Why do people “hate” gays? Does religion condone discrimination and hatred?
Read the following links and answer – also look at what makes people “haters” (AFTER READING THE FIRST POST, which mostly won’t get full credit – I DO NOT want a post about whether homosexuality is “right or wrong.” Instead – READ BOTH DOCUMENTS – WHY DO people hate? Do religions condone hatred?
http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
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Gabrielle Franklin
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I think people “hate” gays because a lot of families see it as morally wrong. They see being gay is a disease. The hate towards gays, I believe comes from a long line of tradition, one of those bad traditions called ignorance and discrimination. It’s like there has to be a population to hate or things can’t function. That is sad, but it seems to be true. From Protestants in England, to Hispanics now, to Blacks in the 60s, to the Hutus and Tutis, to Muslims and Christians when Christians were on their crusades. The history of hate seems to repeat itself. Society has outcast gays since there was such a thing. It had to be kept on the “hush-hush” because it was seen as so bad. So the secrets that stemmed from the name caused tension and bad vibes. It seems today that religion has become to stepping stone for why people give reason for their hate or dislike of gays. I’m not an expert of religion or anything like that, but you can say the reference to the story of Sodom and Gomorrah is that they were destroyed by God because of the evils of those cities, homosexuality was one of those evils. “Leviticus 18:22 King James Version (KJV) 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” and “Deuteronomy 22:5 King James Version (KJV) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.” But, the Bible also says, “Galatians 5:14 King James Version (KJV) 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”, Luke 10:27 King James Version (KJV) 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”, and “Proverbs 6:16-19 King James Version (KJV) 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.” So to those who say it’s not right to be gay, well, it is also not right to cast judgement. The Bible says BOTH. Whatever side people choose, everyone will have to answer to only God on Judgement Day. Everyone does secular and immoral things in their lives one time or another. No sin is lesser than the other. To end this argument, No, I do not think the law should have a say so in what goes on in peoples homes.
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Brandon Robinson
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Honestly, it seems that any kind of religion condones any type of hatred, or discrimination. Now, they may say that homosexuality is “wrong”, but i’ve never seen anything saying to be cruel towards a person about their sexual preference. And with a religion like Christianity it’s also “wrong” to hate. In which hatred leads to people being involved in hate crimes and etc. So of course, hate is something that should never be felt towards a person. And of course, not everyone “hates” gays. Some people are just simply not too comfortable with it because they were brought up thinking that it’s this oh so terrible thing. In which what’s puzzling is society’s opinions influences other’s opinions when they havent even rationalized it themselves. When things start to get real bad is when antigay violence starts to come into play. Now hate is a strong word. To me, to actually hate someone you would have the motive to want to do bodily harm to another person. When a person says that they “hate” gays, they probably really dont mean it because it takes a lot to really hate another person. The title saying “Why Christians Ought to “Hate” Homosexuals” seems to be a little bit of a play on words. Because christians arent meant to hate apparently. But then again, it is a sin and no sin is greater than the other. They’re all equal. But you have there churchs that “hate” going on all day like it’s a good thing to be hateful to a person, which is where hypocrisy is seen. Because no one is really to judge anybody else and say what’s right or wrong. Because sometimes a person needs more than the Bible to back up their opinion because a person may have something greater that can fully prove their point on the views of homosexuality. And with Amendment One, many people thought it was just about gay marriage. Which is a bit ignorant because it also affects mothers and their children, senior citizens, and others. State should not have a say in what type of a person another person marries cause I dont see how that affects the state in an actual kind of way.
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Ricky Accurso
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Relgion is made by man so by nature it does not naturally condone the act of homosexuality. The correct question is, however, does the bible condone homosexuality? THe answer to that question is yes. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm The bible is pretty straight forward on homosexuality. The arguement that was made for the passing of amendment one is that the bible says that homosexuality is wrong and is a sin. But the bible also says, Love thy neighbor. The people making these percarious arguements are only reading the portions of the bible that they see fit to use. But, if the people that argued for amend. one are using the bible as the perfect source of law then they should also feel the same way about this. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, {10} Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. So if the people who disgust gay marriage want to call the bible out into fair game then why are the thieves and drunks and the under age kids having sex and the over age people having sex without being married not being treated as harshly as the homosexuals. My idea on this whole situation is, who am i to say that two people should not be allowed to get married and be happy together. The people who voted yes for this amendment are only trying to keep the minority down. Which is ironic because im sure a lot of different ethnic groups voted on this amendment and im sure that a lot of those ethnic groups voted yes. I mean its the biggest historical irony. THis is no different then jim crow laws, laws that did not allow interracial marriage. Its ridiculous.
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Razhede (a.k.a Mr. 27 a.k.a Mr Go and Get It a.k.a Mr. every good name you can think of)
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To be real….I feel that people hate gays because thats the ONE part of the bible that most will just hook on to and its some what the “simplest” sin not to commit. And in my opinion its just some psychological trick for them to confuse them selves as if they are a better “Christian” than the gays…you know somebody has to be the worst sinner than you right???? Also another factor that aides in the hatred of gays…i would say is just tradition and interpretation of the bible. Some people are raised to think that being gay is just morally wrong because the bible said so. The only limitation to that is, the people who actually make this argument, in a way contradicts theirselves by saying that phrase “the bible said so”. To further elaborate on this take for example http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm
1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, {10} Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
As you read this what does it mention??? As many make the argument that gays are just wrong and shouldnt be allowed…what about the theives?? what about the drunks?? These types of sins do not get mentioned because these are the sins that are excepted by the majority of this population their for does not get as much attention as the gay “problem”, but dont you think that if you point out one thing god said and plan to act so stirct towards it…way not pull out everything he said and put it to action??? In conclusion all I got to say is people have “homophobia” because its something most look at in discuss..its just the bandwagon affect…but i put money if some well known person with great influence just put in the ok that it was cool to be gay….some people would be coming out of the closet pretty soon lol. and to finally end this blog post with my own two cent….i dont care if you gay or not..as long as you dont try me……
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Razhede (a.k.a Mr. 27 a.k.a Mr Go and Get It a.k.a Mr. every good name you can think of)
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o and i forgot to answer the second part, no i dont feel religion condones discrimination because “as the bible said” jesus has love for all his children and as you know we all were born with sin so…he dont discriminate against the gays
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kalebrostmeyer
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Why do people hate gays?
-Narrow mindedness, ignorance, security, a need for hatred, etc… The list could go on and on. The majority of the population seems to rely on the bible as their reason to “hate” homosexuals, because of ONE quote, “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” However, if you were to say to that same person that the bible says they should not curse, eat pork, eat shrimp, or anything else, they would tell you to screw off, and thats just the plain truth. The bible is a MANMADE object. “God” did not sit upon his high throne and scribble down all these rules and regulations for mankind to follow. Instead, a bunch of guys recorded what “God” had whispered into their ear to be holy and righteous. There are people who only make their living off of cows or shrimp, and yet they could be the most devout Christians and we wouldn’t judge them any differently, why? Because its the NORM. No one cares. That’s why it is so hypocritical to “hate” gays because the mighty word of “God”,(or man) says so. Being gay has not yet been accepted by the majority of the population. If it was, there would not be a single issue. Homophobia is not all that different from discriminating blacks(which used to be widely accepted) discriminating against the irish (widely accepted) discriminating against women (widely accepted)..all these were once widely accepted norms, and no one really thought twice about it until that group rose up against the discrimination. What the people in this country, and world, need to do is look back at our past. Look back at people and subjects we used to discriminate against and ask ourselves WHY we are doing it again.
To reiterate my entire point, this quote serves it perfectly…
“From this perspective, assaults on homosexuals and other individuals who deviate from sex role norms are viewed as a learned form of social control of deviance rather than a defensive response to personal threat.” (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html)
Just like tattoos and piercings, the more homosexuality is outwardly expressed, the more likely people will be to realize their stupid hatred and accept it, and hopefully make progress, like repealing stupid amendment one.
Oh and the second question, i almost forgot. Does religion condone hatred?
Well obviously, you can pull quotes all day long from the bible that promote love as well as hatred. Once again, the hand of mankind wrote the bible, not the hand of God.Homosexuals often were in hiding way long ago, and someone decided that it should be against god and gods law to be homosexual. It is up to the discretion of the reader to what degree they want to believe what the bible says and how closely they would like to follow it. Personally, i think the bible is a good starting point as to what morals people should form and how to love your neighbors as yourself, but to follow the bible word for word is a bit ridiculous. We would all be walking contradictions in a continuous paradox of arguments.
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matt withers
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gay people are wrong. plain and simple. in the first source it says “Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” yes, as ms. baskett so kindly pointed out, that is the old testament and we live by new rules in the new testament, but it also talks about it in the new testament. it says “And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet.” so as ive said, being gay is wrong. there is no way around it. of course kaleb brought up all the other factors of the bible that someone defending being gay brings up, but we are focused on gay people. those are factors that make us all alike. gays and non gays both do all of the things kaleb mentioned. but what sets us apart is one thing, being gay. it just shouldnt happen. ever.
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kalebrostmeyer
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Matt you are awesome and excellent but you are not even arguing the point of the blog. Peace out.
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kalebrostmeyer
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How does a person’s sexual orientation set them apart, and other thing’s don’t? Thats like going back to when blacks were trying to get equality, whites said that being black set them apart and classified them as a lower caste. Obviously you’d say that black people are Not of a lower caste and there is nothing wrong with it. Its stupid to say that sexuality completely sets people apart.
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kalebrostmeyer
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“Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD.” -Leviticus 19:28
But your tattoos are awesome.
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projectmayhem1nas
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Being gay doesn’t force you to have homosexual relations anymore than being straight forces you to have sex.
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Jordan S
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I think it is wrong to be gay. It does say in the bible that marriage is between a man and a woman. I believe that it is morally wrong, however, I think it is just as morally wrong to hate gays. Hating any group that is different because of their beliefs, language, lifestyle or even skin color is JUST as wrong if not more. The Bible also says to “Love your neighbor as yourself” in Romans. As a Christian, I’ve always been taught in church that no matter what someone is doing wrong that I am against or I believe is wrong, it is my job to help them by teaching them what is in the Bible, and trying to bring them closer to Christianity and salvation, not to hate them and degrade them, and especially not to harass them or take it upon myself to punish them in any way.
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Zully
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The question is why do people hate gays? Well… If I speak for myself I’m going to say that I don’t hate gays but I think it is wrong to be gay. Raised in a Christian family I was taught that one men and one women is the right way to get married. Now a day we see two women or two men’s get married because of LOVE. Indeed no one can tell you who to love or not too but I think if you were raised in a religious family then you would know not to get married with the same sex. That is the reason people hate gays is because they weren’t raised like others. Different opinions come from everywhere and there is always going to be a conflict about the issue. Religion becomes a big part of the issue. People say that the Bible states “9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 …..Others state that it’s a stereotype that they go along with it and back it up by saying that it came from history. “..during the course of my research I came to conceptualize the violence not in terms of individual hatred but as an extreme expression of American cultural stereotypes and expectations regarding male and female behavior.” “In contemporary American society, young people–from the poor to the upper middle classes–are systematically neglected and devalued”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
“The entire creation is God’s enterprise.
God is the Boss.
Homosexuals are disobedient employees.
God hates them.
God still delivers their air, and we should too:
Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;” In the quote and bible verse above it is contradicting that if you hat gays the bible tells to you to love them(your enemy’s) so if you’re a true Christian or religious person you must not hate. This is true to me so I guess religion should be a big part when talking about morality. \ http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm
God made the whole world and I think we should just worry about our own SALVATION!
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Jordan S
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I also believe that the act of persecuting any one person for their believes, including homosexuality is wrong and completely inhuman. It is God’s responsibility to judge and condemn others. No man should take it upon themselves to judge someone for their sins, unless they are willing to be judged and condemned for their sins. All sins are the same, so premarital sex is equally sinful. But you will be hard pressed to find people these days who has not had premarital sex, they aren’t persecuted. In the second article, Eric was very judgmental and felt like he could condemn others for being homosexual which is wrong. I never feel like it is my place to judge or condemn a homosexual anymore than it is to condemn a thief or a drunk.
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Chloe
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The question stands, why do people “hate gays”? Because their different, ignorant, or just wrong? My opinions on this subject are that I don’t hate gay people, I just don’t agree with their beliefs. Growing up in a Christian based home I was always taught that 1 man and 1 women get married. God made Adam and Eve NOT Adam and Steve therefore marriage between a man and a woman is right. “Leviticus 18:21 -22 and thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.” Also this scripture relates as well, “Hebrews 13:4 let marriage be held in honor by all, and let the marriage bed be kept undefiled; for God will judge fornicators and adulterers.”
Who am I to say that “gay” people are wrong for wanting acceptance and being loved? Everyone deserves to contribute to some happiness within their life and experience LOVE. However, from a Christian standpoint I don’t agree with being gay and I personally wouldn’t do it. I wouldn’t treat a gay person differently, because as a Christian you are to love one another but our beliefs are different. Some people take the argument to far with the word “hatred” to far. Like Brandon said, “hate is something that should never be felt towards a person. And of course, not everyone “hates” gays. Some people are just simply not too comfortable with it because they were brought up thinking that it’s this oh so terrible thing.” The potential of being ostracized as homosexual, regardless of actual sexual attractions and behaviors, puts pressure on all people to conform to a narrow standard of appropriate gender behavior, thereby maintaining and reinforcing our society’s hierarchical gender structure” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
There are many choices in life that you have the opportunities to choose to follow. In the end we all have to answer to Judgment Day when the rapture takes place. Everyone does secular and immoral things in their lives one time or another, but we have to repent. No sin is lesser than the other. To end this argument, No, I do not think the law should have a say so in what goes on in people’s homes.
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sorry4dawait
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the question is why do people hate gays?to me it is because for one we know that they know it is wrong and 2 we should want our world to grow and that is only through a man and a women two guys or two girls are not allowed to reproduce therefore it is slowing the birth rate down in which some cases we want that but then again because we are allowing this then we are putting alot of people against the government and not wanting to obey the laws because they see that if this can be past then why want another dumb law come up thats dealing with our lives and we have to listen to that but i think that people mostly hate gays because its just giving this world another option that can hurt us which we dont need
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Janeisha Im-focused Raymond
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Just want to say I wrote a longgggggg comment on this issue and my internet cut off right at the end of it that was nothing but the devil at his best..or either a really strategic virus lol.
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Janeisha Im-focused Raymond
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I wrote A LOT and it took me a lot of time analyzing, researching, and interpreting scriptures from the bible to write that comment so I’m MOST DEFINITELY not about to retype all of that so in short No.. religion does not condone discrimination and hatred the bible says in Mathew 7:1-3 (how ironic) to
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.”
No one is perfect and sins are sins that are sins that are sins. With that being said do not judge your neighbor because he believes differently than you because you have flaws and mistakes as well as things you need to fix in your own life. The bible also says in Romans 14:1-3
“As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions. One person believes he may eat anything, while the weak person eats only vegetables. Let not the one who eats despise the one who abstains, and let not the one who abstains pass judgment on the one who eats, for God has welcomed him.”
I’m not going to analyze this scripture AGAIN so to keep it short and sweet do not pass judgment on your neighbor because they decide to lay with the same sex just because you don’t believe in doing so doesn’t mean you have the right to condemn them. If God loves them and he is perfect then how can you hate them when you are of sin?
Yes according to the bible being gay is wrong, and like a peer once said “its a sin and it should never happen” but other things are also sins and they shouldn’t happen either. At the end of the day they are both sins they’re just spelled differently, one person lies with the same sex and the other lies with opposite sex, one is spelled h-o-m-o-s-e-x-u-a-l-i-t-y and the other is spelled f-o-r-n-i-c-a-t-i-o-n. There isn’t a difference.
To answer the second question (gahh I really don’t feel like doing this again…) of “why do people hate gays” its as simple as this. Society. Society is built upon Christianity as much as Mr. Noblitt hates to admit it society is not based on religion but more so on a specific religion, Christianity. Lets face it Christians are the only ones getting all bent up on the issue of gays. People hate gays based solely on the issue of “God says its an abomination” well so are other sins and I AM NOT GOING INTO THAT AGAIN because my peers already pointed that out in previous comments and quite frankly I’m getting tired of this blog post because I’ve done it before -__- anyway according to the article they hate because..
“In a nation that glorifies violence and abhors sexual diversity, a minority perceived to violate gender norms functions as an ideal dramatic prop for young men to use in demonstrating their masculinity, garnering social approval, and alleviating boredom.”
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
In conclusion I will close with these quotes from the article.
“Everyone sins. My commitment to win sinners to Christ is much higher than my commitment to punish sinners. I completely reject violence against sinners.
“Christianity teaches love for enemies, not hatred (where “hatred” takes the form of making sinners suffer, violence, vengeance, or “vigilante justice”).” We are commanded to be at their side, even if we are not “on their side.”
http://KEVINCRAIG.US/HOMOPHOBIA.HTM
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joshpickett
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“Christians must obey God’s commandments with respect to homosexuals. Love is the fulfilling of God’s Law. Homosexuals living in a Christian society will be better off than those living in pagan societies. God’s Law is the source of cultural blessings, and these blessings fall even on those who violate God’s Law. But one of those commandments is to hold their immoral acts in disgust. We must hate embezzlers and homosexuals. The Bible says so.” (http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm) Someone could interpret this as saying that you should “hate” gay people because being gay is immoral and translate disgust as meaning the word hate. And no, i personally do not believe that religion condones discrimination nor hatred. “Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you” (http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm). God does not hate anybody, as the bibles says for us to love our enemies. But he does however dislike wrong actions and doings..which is being sinful..but him disliking our actions does not mean he dislikes you. Discrimination is man-made controlling element…like society did against blacks, we discriminated against them because they were different then us, which made them less human and below us. Having that belief made us have power and control over them. The same premise goes for the gay people of society..because they are different we see them as below us “straight” people. Coach Fortner may as well be one of these people since he has said that gay people should not have the same rights as him
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ravenwomic
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“The potential of being ostracized as homosexual, regardless of actual sexual attractions and behaviors, puts pressure on all people to conform to a narrow standard of appropriate gender behavior, thereby maintaining and reinforcing our society’s hierarchical gender structure.” (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html)
People hate gays because they’re going against what is normal in society. Religion doesn’t condone hatred but if you’re wrong in someone else’s eyes, then you’re just wrong. Most Christians know that being gay is a sin and that’s all they see. They don’t try to understand anything outside of their own mind. It’s like they’ve made up their mind that they don’t want to hear anything about homosexuality except that it’s wrong. People tend to HATE when they don’t UNDERSTAND !!
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petercipriano
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I believe that in order to make these biblical accusation to hate the gays you need to read the bible word for word. Im looking at these bible verses on these web sites and then i look them up in my bible and if you read on from the phrases posted on the website the following verses completely disprove the point. they take little little prescripts and make plays on words to prove thier point. people in response need to seek the truth out for themselves. Does god really hate the gays? or does he want you to tolerate them but not follow thier rules? Jesus says in Matthew chapter7:1 and on; Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?
5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
As a christain who reads my bible i think that we need to listen to the teachings of jesus and preach through love not hate, because if we hate others are we not breaking God’s new covenant through the blood of jesus christ? think about it.
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jackrosemond
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“Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This section does not prohibit a private party from entering into contracts with another private party; nor does this section prohibit courts from adjudicating the rights of private parties pursuant to such contracts.”(NC Amendment One).
Why do people hate gays?
-This question is not easily answered. People hate gays because that is what they are told to do. They hear it in church, they here it from there peers, and they here it from there parents. In the second article it said that it was against “social norms” and therefore they are attacked. After reading the first article i noticed that the two tips he had for congress:
-“Hate” homosexuality and homosexuals
-Follow God’s Commandments with respect to them
This would assume that ever 435 members of congress believe in the same God he does. Those are the religious beliefs in congress:
Protestant 54.7%
Catholic: 30.1%
Jewish: 8.4%
Mormon: 2.6%
Orthodox: 1.3%
Unknown: 0.9%
Other Christian: 0.6%
Other Faiths: 0.6%
Muslim: 0.4%
Kirk: 7.4%
Buddhist: 0.4%
Does religion condone discrimination and hatred?
-“Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.” (1 John 3:15) My God does not condone hate. However, it seems some religions do. There is a difference between God and Religion.
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Ricky Accurso
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You never really made an argument for or against it nor did you give your opinion on whether or not religion condoned homosexuality. You used a quote from the bible. Religion and the bible are two seperate things. The Church (religion) was created to express the creators of the church opinions and ideas of the bible.
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noblitt
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Yup I have to agree with you Ricky. Most people are doing the “gay is wrong because…” thing and that is not even the point of this question. I guess I failed in explaining what we were trying to figure out here. It is more of a psychological question – why do people hate than a “are gays good or bad” thing.
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Jordan Sanford
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I think people hate gay people for different reasons. Some hate gays because they are different and people are scared of things that are different sometimes. This is extremely ignorant, but also some people hate gays because they are taught to by closeminded parents, teachers etc. Most people who hate gays don’t really have a justified reason for hating gays, it is just something they dont understand. It is very similar to the racism that went on in the US during the civil rights movement, most people probably couldn’t have intelligently made an argument for hating blacks, it was just out of sheer ignorance and closedmindedness. Anyone who quotes the Bible and believes that it says to hate gays, blacks, muslims or any other group of people is extremely wrong and ignorant. The Bible specifically says to love one another, no matter what differences there are between them because the Bible wants to bring people together as Christians not deny people the opportunity of Christianity.
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invitingodin
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Faggots are disgusting. It’s sick…. That’s why they destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, because all these guys were butt-fucking each other…. But what they do is their business. Some people beat the shit out of people instead of just accepting it. And that’s wrong…. I don’t like niggers, I don’t like faggots, I don’t even like too many White people. But I’ve never assaulted anyone just because they’re a fag or a Jew or a Black.
ppl hate b/c of society says it ok and human nature of envy and greed does lead to hatred look at the south during the civil rights movement it can be traced back to slave days wen poor whites had to fight to live as share croppers
religion does condone hatred. look at the crusades Christians killing Muslims in the name of god. preachers during the civil rights era saying its ok to keep blacks down
When a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod so hard that the slave dies under his hand, he shall be punished. If, however, the slave survives for a day or two, he is not to be punished, since the slave is his own property. (Exodus 21:20-21 )
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Slaves, obey your earthly masters with deep respect and fear. Serve them sincerely as you would serve Christ. (Ephesians 6:5 )
but with those verse saying slavery ok but i believe we should look at books of religions as a whole not parts or ppl will use those verse above to help there cause
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fly4awhiteguy
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After reading both articles i am sure enough that i would have to agree with the more logical of the two; that being the second article which states: it is caused, not just by the underlying outright hatred for gays, but also because of peer pressure and various other somewhat abnormal reasoning. In my personal opinion, i see it as being no different than racist or sexist; which generally results from some extremely personal psychological feat early on in life, or even more so just plain ol’ simpleminded ig’nance mmmhhhmmm. I suppose i also have to bring up the already overused class discussion about how religion should not be interpreted as a single portion but as a whole; for when that happens you open it up to and analogous amount of fallacies that couldn’t fill up Gomorrah. And since the only religion i live by is in fact logic, the people that sift through the bible anyway seem to misunderstand that that book was written ages ago and i’m sure most of those sifters don’t mind eating up a whole plate of bacon or crayfish!
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Ricky Accurso
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In the words of Notorious “Biggie Smalls”- Can’t we just all get a long.”
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noblitt
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LOL that quote that Mr. Smalls plagiarized was from Rodney King after the innocent verdict of the cops that beat the crap out of him and south-central LA was burning – “Can’t we all just get along.” Gotta love Rodney – celebrity rehab not held against him. This month is his most recent interview Rodney said “I had to learn how to forgive” http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/01/rodney-king-learn-to-forgive
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#Spongebobswifey
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I hate stuff like this lol but people hate gays because it is ingrained in us as morally wrong and I won’t say religion condones hatred but a religious person does. That’s a huge topic that i do not have the energy to even start on. But there a tons of “religious” people out there who condone the hatred of those who are gay.“Leviticus 18:22 says
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” We are not God, so it is not our right to play puppet master. Yea there are wrong things but it should be left up to Him to make all the decisions and judging. I WILL NOT put my pure thoughts out there because I don’t want t argue. But I do agree with most of what Janeisha said. I didn’t write as much as i normally do as i said before an issue I just don’t even want to touch at the moment. But yea for us it’s a morally wrong and goes against everything that we grew up with and have been taught so for a lot of people it’s a very difficult thing to accept. A lot of people do not do well with change and are adamant about keeping it how it always has been. It looks funny.
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chelseaclark2013
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“Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” (http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm)
I think that people begin to hate gays because all their life, they were taught that marriage should only be between a man and a woman (as the scripture says), and it is looked down upon to go outside that norm. There’s nothing wrong with people believing that marriage should be between a man and woman, but what is wrong is having a strong sense of hatred towards people who chose to not marry the opposite sex. Religion would never tell you to HATE someone. Religion always tells us to be peaceful and treat others the way you would like to be treated. No matter what scripture someone may find out the Bible, they’ll interpret it the way they want to to say it’s the right thing to do by having hatred towards people. Just like it was wrong for the Europeans to hate the Native Americans, the Christians hating the Muslims, and the Northerners to hate the Southerners , It’s wrong to to hate someone based on their sexual orientation.
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Brittany Bell
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The one thing that I see that most people are getting confused on here, is the same reason why descrimination and hatred exists. The question is, does RELIGION! condone descrimination and hatred? NOT, does Christianity condone descrimination and hatred. This is the main reason why I believe these things happen in society now-a-days. People are to well constructed on ONE system of life, that they can’t open their eyes and mind to other aspects of the world leaving people blind and ignorant. You may not like what others are doing or who they are in the life cycle (gays, blacks, mexicans, tall people, small people, fat people, skinny people, brown haired people, green eyed people, smart people, “dumb” people) but that does not give u the right to descriminate anyone or publicly “hate” on them. Everyone has their own opinions but no TRUE religion was based on descrimination and hatred. For example, “For in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26-28. That is one of many of thousands of religions and just one small example of how religion isn’t based on descrimination and hate. It is okay to not like something, but to think you have the right to look at someone and say they are doing wrong and your right is immature and small minded. “From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant” Says the “From the viewpoint of absolute truth, what we feel and experience in our ordinary daily life is all delusion. Of all the various delusions, the sense of discrimination between oneself and others is the worst form, as it creates nothing but unpleasant” Says the head of the Tibetan Buddhists, and also a Nobel Peace Price winner in 1935. People don’t realise things because since we are born (people who allow themselves to be trained into such a sense) we are kept into a certain tree of life cycle and we are judged based on how far we stray from the tree. Well as they say the apple doesn’t fall to far from the tree. I know no one reading this is going to understand what I am saying based on their answers, but I don’t blame you for not being able to, I just hope that one day you will look back and remember this and see what everything means once you leave such a narrow minded path.
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caylaherscher42
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I believe people hate gays because they see as if it is morally wrong. People hate gays because they thing they are satin and disobedient towards god and I dont believe its true. well to get on the question does religion condone descrimination and hatred? This is why i believe people live only one lifestyle because thats all they heard was how wrong this is and how wrong that is all their life without even knowing what the bible actually says. It comes from tradition, one of those bad traditions called ignorance and discrimination. It’s like there has to be a population to hate or things can’t function. Its sad that now days gays get picked on and descriminated against just like the blacks in the 60’s and the Mexicans now its sad that people have to descriminate against someone to satify them. Im not a a religion person but religion today seems to help people with their hatred and descrimination “Leviticus 18:22 King James Version (KJV) 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” and “Deuteronomy 22:5 King James Version (KJV) 5 The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.” But, the Bible also says, “Galatians 5:14 King James Version (KJV) 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.”, Luke 10:27 King James Version (KJV) 27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.”, So back to the questions do you think religion condone hatred and descrimination? now i can answer that question yes i do because it just leads you up to hating someone for something they do and something that is right to them. well im a frim believer of jesus and the lord above but just because im gay i dont think im going to hell because im firm believer of the lord and jesus and i believe he will love me just the way i am because first off he made me who i am and i believe i will go to heaven just because im gay dont mean im the devil.
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EmilyKiser
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“God is the Boss.Homosexuals are disobedient employees. God hates them.”
Why do people “hate” gays? Maybe people “hate” them because they truly do believe that God hates them. They really do believe that hating, judging, and looking down on homosexuals is right. When it’s what you’ve been taught all of your life, why question it? That’s when talk of ignorance and not thinking for yourself comes in. Their church and their family has told them that “homosexuality” is completely wrong, and most people won’t question that and live their life believing it.
Why do people hate? They hate because they are told to hate. People have their own morals, and when those morals are crossed, it makes them “hate.”
“Thus, Eric was punishing the man not for homosexual acts but for so-called flaunting, that is, refusal to be shamed of deviance.” Is THAT hate? A man confessing that he assaulted a gay person only because he was ‘flaunting’ it. When people go against someone else’s beliefs, it makes them a target of hate.
Does religion condone discrimination and hatred? Not directly, but of course it does. When a pastor or priest stands in front of a congregation and tell them that love can only be between a man and a woman, and people who do otherwise are sinners, THAT is condoning discrimimation. When a religious leader or person tells others that what other people are doing is wrong, then it is encouraging discimination. You wouldn’t hear “hate the gay people” coming from a pastor(or maybe you would) but maybe it is people who teach or talk of religion condoning hate and discrimination, and not the religion itself.
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thomasbyrd18
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People hate gays because they are different from what they believe. “Bias-related violence against homosexuals is believed to be widespread in the United States” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html Most of the hatred toward gays comes from religious people(United States was built on religious priniciples), who think that being homosexual is morally wrong and goes against what God wants. I think that people are just prejudice towards gays and discriminate and hate against them just like those from the past. Many other groups of “different” people have been discriminated and hated against kind of like the Samaritans. I don’t believe that all gay people are evil because there are good Samaritans, but I do believe that God meant for love and marriage between a man and a woman. I am just not going to be the one to step out and discriminate or hate against them or judge them because that is not my place, God is the judge and he will decide what is wrong and what is right not me. Also, I am a sinner just like everyone else in this world, I have no right to point out the flaws of another, and persecute them for it, when I have sinned and no one is persecuting me for it.
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Miriam Lewis
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Both articles use the word “hate” profusely. However, in regard to how the Bible says Christians should feel toward sin, the word is used in the wrong context. These articles were both difficult for me to read because they both say that Christians do, or should, “hate” homosexuals. No. The Bible says to hate the sin but love the sinner. In the New Testament, the Bible says in John 13: 34, “A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another as I have loved you.” By saying that we as Christians “hate” someone, we are breaking an explicit commandment. We are told homosexuality is wrong so we turn from that sin. We do not turn from those who commit that sin. Religions do NOT condone hatred. Even Islam, the religion most known for terrorism, was based off of peace and kindness. Ultimately, people hate because they, also, are sinning. We all sin. It’s nothing new. The fact that some Christians decide to broadcast that sin (as seen in the first article) gives all of Christianity a bad name, especially when people do not do the proper research to see the ignorance of these few Christians.
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Brayan Salazar
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“The entire creation is God’s enterprise. God is the Boss. Homosexuals are disobedient employees. God hates them. God still delivers their air, and we should too.” Most people that hate gays, hate them because in their eyes it seems wrong. I think that Gabrielle had a good point when she said that history of hate repeats its self. I think people hate gays because their uneducated, and have probably never had a chance to interact with one, because at the end of the day their not much different then any one else. They eat, sleep, and do everything the same as a straight person. Sometimes they even believe in the same God.
I think that certain religions absolutely do condone hatred, and to me religion dose not represent God. My religion tells us to accept any one, and we don’t get involved in politics no one voted from amendment one because we dont believe in religion and politics, and no leader can ever represent us but JEHOVA, and sometimes OBAMA…..;.
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huntercochran
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I personally do not hate gays, because the Lord says to love your neighbor as yourself. He also says to Love your enemies, not to hate them. I honestly can say that I do not particularly like gays, but instead I have come to tolerate them. People hate gays according to what they have been taught, if a boy has been raised by his heterosexual parents to hate gays because they do then that child is going to grow up hating gays no matter what. I was raised by my parents to not hate anyone, no matter who they are. I know gay people, and some of my friends turned from straight to gay, but does that give me a right to hate them. If God loves everyone, and if I am created in God’s own image and supposed to be living for the Lord every day of my life, then I will to love everyone. Love does not mean to literally love every single person that I come across. “1 Corinthians 6:9-11
New International Version (NIV)
9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men[a] 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” Another reason to not hate gays is because of this, look at 1 Corinthians 6:11 it says that some people were like this before, but then they were cleansed and sanctified by the Lord. I’m not going to hate gays, because they can come to know God and repent just like anyone else can on this Earth. If you knew that someone sitting next to you in church used to be gay, and then accepted Jesus, what would you do? Or what would Jesus do? He would not start to move away from the person, but instead he would move closer. Jesus would not hate them, He would love them. I don’t care if people hate gays because it’s “morally wrong”, that’s just another way of saying, “I hate gays because I hate gays” it’s stupid.
God hates no one, when He sees one of His people turn their back on Him, He does not hate them, He instead tries His best to direct their attention back to Him. It is said that every person will hear the Gospel at least once in their life, and it’s their choice what they doo with it, either accept it or deny it. “Matthew 10:33
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33 but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”
As a Christian I am not supposed to hate anyone, but I see many other Christians around me saying, “I hate this person and that person because…” again I think that people need to read the bible more, I’m not saying pick it up every single day and read it, but at least read it more than on Sunday at church.
So why do people hate gays, it’s mostly how they were raised.
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juan
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i believe people hate gays because it is a relatively new subject in human history. never before has homosexuality been public before the late 19th century. now homosexuality is spoken about everywhere and it scares people. religion does not condone hatred but they do condone discrimination. the bible says slavery is right and many people interpret the bible as saying homosexuality is wrong. “Genesis 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
{27} So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
{28} And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” (http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm)
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kristinacarpenter
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“Christians must obey God’s commandments with respect to homosexuals. Love is the fulfilling of God’s Law. Homosexuals living in a Christian society will be better off than those living in pagan societies. God’s Law is the source of cultural blessings, and these blessings fall even on those who violate God’s Law. But one of those commandments is to hold their immoral acts in disgust. We must hate embezzlers and homosexuals. The Bible says so.”- http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm
Most people “hate” gays because they read the bible and it says that its against God’s law to be homosexual. They see it as an issue in our society. Most people think that its nasty, disgusting to be that way and they have a choice to be gay or straight. Religion doesn’t say hate gays and love everyone else. it says to love your neighbor. People hate gays because that is what their parents have taught them. I don’t like them a whole lot but I do have friends that are gay so I learn to live with it.
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car1995
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All religions condemn hate Islam, Christianty, judiasm, Hindu. All these religions leaders condemned hate. Jesus said the one of the greatest commands Was to love your neighbor as yourself. The bible does say that homosexuality is Wrong but it also say that only god can judge we can’t . The main thing is that while morally you may not agree with someones way of life it not your problem because god gave them free will as well in the end they will have to answer for their sin just like the adulters, Idolitors, fornicators, murderers, and thieves and I don’t know many people who haven’t done one of these. As for discrimination Jesus hated this as well in his time the Jews hated the Samaritans and didn’t even talk to them but Jesus didn’t care he still talk to the samaratin women at the well and as a result a new Christian believer was born. This shows that jesus hates hate and discrimination. Also from talking to mr. Mohammad in class I’ve learned that mohamad the prophete hated hated as well. Hate comes from those who don’t truly understand the Bible, Quran, or Torah. the crusades were started because they didn’t want to give the Muslims the right god himself had given them free will and the right to live how they wanted and worship how they wanted to and in that process they disobeyed the bible big time what happened to don’t murder or rape and they disobeyed one of jesus’s principle commands love your neighbor as your self. The Quran says don’t kill unless your people are driven from their home and prosecuted basically just defend yourself if threatened but the religious fanatics who caused 9/11 misinterpreted Islam to come up with an excuse even though they where killing innocent people mother, fathers, children, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, friends all because they used a misinterpretation of their religion and harbored hate. We have to just allow people to exercise their god given birth right to free will as long as they don’t use their free will to take someones else free will away let them live. Hate goes back along time look at the account of Cain and Abel the first account of hate for both the Jews and Christians god punished Cain with a bad conscious. In reality hate has been around so long can it be stopped and if it can it’s going to take hard work on the part of this emerging generation.
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nikiafleshman
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” But one of those commandments is to hold their immoral acts in disgust. We must hate embezzlers and homosexuals. The Bible says so.” (http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm) I think that this is the reason that people “hate” gays. Simply because it’s understood by people that the bible says so. But is that really what Is being said in the bible? I think it depends on your mindset to be able to answer this question. You can have a “haters” mentality and say yes the bible does say that and leave out the part of the bible that says love your enemies. Or you could look at it as love your enemies and just not agree with their lifestyle. Hating gays is also based on the morality of people. Some people see it as just plain immoral to be homosexual. A man should not lay with a man and a woman shouldn’t with a woman, simple as that. It is evil, and God said hate evil doers. But are we making amendments towards those who steal, those who lie, those who adulterate? No because those who do that aren’t as bad as those who sleep with the same sex. But it says in the bible hate those who are doers of evil. So you can’t say to someone you’re less wrong than the next, because wrong is wrong. The bible was written by many people, and those people in my opinion put some of their own opinions into what should and should not be condoned by man. So with that being said of course it is going to be discriminatory. Man can’t help but to discriminate against another man, it’s in his nature. Everything in history at some point has always been centered around hate of a group of people and discrimination of that group. The Jews, blacks, Hispanics, etc etc. How did the hatred of this group of people begin? Well because one group that felt superior to the other and wanted that superiority to be known so they, bit bit breakdown the inferior and make it so they don’t feel as if they could even amount to what you are. In my opinion that’s all discrimination is. Make a group of people feel less than human. And that’s all that is happening to homosexuals. So I think that people hate because it is human nature to hate and because it says in the bible (which was written by man) that you should hate, that’s what people are going to do. The bible does condone hate but at the same time condones peace and love. But people are only going to use the portion of the bible that strengthens their own argument.
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Julius "SO SEXY" Blue
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I know what the question here that Noblitt posed but I want to give a little background on the bible. Most of the people on the blog post are not doing the question and I just want to bury their dumb logic first. First of all people have to understand, the bible is thousands of years old. No single person person compiled the bible nor wrote it. People have to understand that the books of the bible were written HUNDREDS OF YEARS APART!!! I get so tired of people talking about the different things in Leviticus, that is one of the oldest books of the bible. A saint didn’t write Leviticus nor an apostle. I don’t even understand why Christians disagree with Jews but still share the views of Leviticus. Plus any smart Christian that knows anything will know that once Jesus came we were to stray away from the laws of the old testament, duh. Did anyone not see the Passion of the Christ, why do you think they hated Jesus so much. Jesus came back and went against the traditional laws of the Jews.
Now for the blog post.!!!!
After reading both post I see two reasons for the reasons people hate gays. The first reason described in the first website is the fact that they have deduced the hate gay logic from straight reading the bible. Secondly in the second post most of the people did the hate acts just for the hell of it, almost like a sport. I almost forgot about a third reason posed from the second article regarding one’s upbringing and their exposure to violence. From the second article it’s almost as if the individuals don’t have a real reason to hate gays. The individuals are just bored and ignorant so they do something to displace anger and boredom. In the psychology field they called this displacement and projection. Projection is when you are in the wrong and you just basically rethink the situation so the other person is in the wrong to prove your actions rational. In displacement you have anger or boredom so you displace it into someone or something. What I see like I said in my first paragraph history is repeating itself in some way. Now with the argument why people hate homosexuality is just going back to like when Jesus first came into the world. Nobody knows which side to pick, hate or love the bible says both. “God’s Law is the source of cultural blessings, and these blessings fall even on those who violate God’s Law. But one of those commandments is to hold their immoral acts in disgust. We must hate embezzlers and homosexuals. The Bible says so.” The reason that I can see is that people hate homosexuality is the fact that the bible says to hate evil. However, I would suggest to not blame the people for trying to follow their beliefs. Instead of hating homosexuals people should do like Christians did in the bible just live together as one.
From both articles their is not a justifiable reason to hate homosexuals. People hate homosexuals because of ignorance and bigotry.
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calebbynum
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Many people across the world hate homosexuals because they are different from what people view as normal. Humans are afraid of “different” and label people as gay to make the difference clear. “In other words, through heterosexism, any male who refuses to accept the dominant culture’s assignment of appropriate masculine behavior is labeled early on as a “sissy” or “fag” and then subjected to bullying. Similarly, any woman who opposes male dominance and control can be labeled a lesbian and attacked.” (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html)
This hatred of “change” and “different” is what leads to assaults and brutal beatings.
The Bible does not condone hating other humans, and commands us “to love ones neighbor as oneself.” However, as Christians it is our moral conviction to share the Gospel and lead others to salvation in Jesus Christ. “9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.” (1 Corinthians 9-10) Why then would Christians feel it is right to allow others to condemn themselves to a life separated from God?
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shoneef94
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i think people “hate” other people thst like the same gender as then because, in the bible it deosnt say that you cabt marry the same gender as you, and thats where the religion part comes in, people try to mix the bible and politics together, but its not going to work because everyone has there own interpretation of the bible. most people dont condone having same sex marriage, but in some churches they see it as you are noy representing the church or your religion correctly, so they dont have leadership positions, is one example. But i just dont people should hate them. they going to do and say what they want anyway. But who says being gay is a sin? “Christians must obey God’s commandments with respect to homosexuals. Love is the fulfilling of God’s Law.” This says that even if you’re gay, you deserve respect just as much as a stranger, its gots law to love obe another, they might hate it because in their eyes its religiously wrong.
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giiirrrlll
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html
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giiirrrlll
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Most People don’t claim to “hate” homosexuals but they feel “disgust” for them because they are “sinners”, “But one of those commandments is to hold their immoral acts in disgust. We must hate embezzlers and homosexuals. The Bible says so.” In http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm. People “hate” because they’re stuck in between 2 sides, one that doesn’t like sinners, and one that does so they choose “But we must take up “sides,” and not be on the “side” of those who are dedicated to rebelling against God’s commandments.” People dislike homosexuals because they are afraid of society in a way of being bullied or attacked if they don’t accept the “hierarchical gender structure” as stated in the article http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html. And they believe that violence is deserved because of them “violating” “inappropriate behavior”. Adding on to people hating gays is that to them being gay is the same as being a thief. Also people may be homophobic or hate gays because they have suffered an attempt rape or rape of the same sex according to “Inside the mind of people who hate gays”
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Damaris Jimenez
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I believe people hate gays because they see as if it is morally wrong. People hate gays because they thing they are satin and disobedient towards god and I don’t believe its true. well to get on the question does religion condone discrimination and hatred?
People hate because they are told to hate. People have their own morals, and when those morals are crossed, it makes them “hate.”
“Thus, Eric was punishing the man not for homosexual acts but for so-called flaunting, that is, refusal to be shamed of deviance.” Is THAT hate? A man confessing that he assaulted a gay person only because he was ‘flaunting’ it. When people go against someone else’s beliefs, it makes them a target of hate.
http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm
Most people “hate” gays because they read the bible and it says that its against God’s law to be homosexual. They see it as an issue in our society
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DeeDee Smith
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In my opinion religion does not condone discrimination and hatred point blank period.. I think that “Many people across the world hate homosexuals because they are different from what people view as normal. Humans are afraid of “different” and label people as gay to make the difference clear. “In other words, through heterosexism, any male who refuses to accept the dominant culture’s assignment of appropriate masculine behavior is labeled early on as a “sissy” or “fag” and then subjected to bullying. Similarly, any woman who opposes male dominance and control can be labeled a lesbian and attacked.” http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/roots/franklin.html The Bible plainly says that God hates unrepentant homosexuals, just as He hates unrepentant murderers and embezzlers.
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness . . . . For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting;
Romans 1:18-32 http://kevincraig.us/homophobia.htm