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Zorra

(27,670 posts)
16. Hmmm. "The lady doth protest too much, methinks."- Wm. Shakespeare,
Tue Jan 10, 2012, 01:59 PM
Jan 2012

Hamlet Act 3, scene 2, 222–230

Whatever.

Cute outfit, interesting accessories...maybe a bit over the top.



Doesn't it seem hypocritical, and isn't it puzzling, how the leader of the organization that once brought us the Inquisition, the Crusades, and all the other very unsavory things they did throughout their history can so confidently assert that same sex marriage threatens human dignity and the future of mankind itself? Go figure.

But then again, I think I get it.

Everyone makes mistakes. But to continue to make the same mistakes, in this case by once again so arrogantly assuming knowledge of absolute truth and unquestionable correctness of action leading to doing great harm to large numbers of innocent people once again, is inexcusable.

More innocent blood will be spilled, more lives will be destroyed, more children will suffer, as these unfounded, unwarranted, illogical, and unreasonable beliefs about lgbt persons are perpetuated by ultra-conservative RW religious fanatics claiming absolute knowledge of the will of the Creator, and then actively harming others on the basis of this untruth, an untruth that they claim as their divine knowledge and hegemonic right.

I imagine it's still just a question of genuine core values.


People can believe what they want to believe. That's fine. When people start taking away other's rights and causing unwarranted harm to others because of their beliefs, that is not fine. This is why separation of church and state is so absolutely critical to human freedom and liberty.

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