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Same Sex Marriage Rights Defeated In Maine
A note of caution, I am not an expert on Maine politics and the way the results are being tallied make it a bit harder for me to analyze things. However with 76% of the vote counted the Yes vote is leading by a 52-48 margin which means that once again loving couples are denied basic human rights.
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257 Responses to “Same Sex Marriage Rights Defeated In Maine”
Literalism…. Geesh, you guys are driving me crazy with that.
When God created man in His own image, did that imply that god had fingers, arms, lips, and hair?
No. I'm pretty sure God is a spirit. He created man in His own image, which is a spirit – our souls.
Would you consider that a fair statement?
Ok. I'm not sure what was on earth at the time of Adam. Got created man. But he created Adam with a soul – the beginning of His people on earth. The Jewish lineage begins with Adam. Whomever Cain took as a wife was either a sister or one of the other created beings on earth. Who knows.
Watch out, Austin…
Thanks for “doing my homework for me”.
How dare you help me prove her to be the biased partisan liberal she is!!!!!
You should feel ashamed (sarcasm).
She says “Benjamin Frankin, Okay…. Alexander Hamilton, maybe okay.”
But she still REFUSES to acknowlege that the Founding Fathers thought this way. It doesn't gel with her liberal world-view.
Once again…. I do not propose a theocracy. I wouldn't want to live in America if it were one.
I merely want the liberal whackjobs like Kathy to acknowlege the fact that God was not intended to be removed from our culture or government – He is the core behind the Constitution. They only inteneded religious tolerance with no prescribed religion by Government.
JD -
Do not take my characterization of being a literalist as any kind of a criticism. There are many ways different types of Christians interpret the Bible. Nothing negative was meant by me at all.
As to what I consider a fair statement on what God did, well, being an atheist, I have a different view on that than you, obviously.
I didn't take it negatively, AR. That statement was aimed more toward KK.
And I remember (and respect) your atheism. You're a “Godly Atheist” if I remember correctly.
The “literalism” that KK refers to, stems from my statement that people make religion. They take the initial prescept and distort it and interpret it to fit THEIR ideals – not the ideals of the God they claim to worship. That, to me, isn't literalism. It's perversion of faiths.
“Godly Atheist”
Interesting term.
Not 100% what you meant by that, but for myself, I agree with you if you are saying I believe in many of the morality lessons that Christianity teaches, while not believing in divinity.
I also respect the right of those who do believe to believe, feel that religion does have a place in public life, and have no agenda to eliminate God from every corner of the government.
Also, I NEVER capitalize “atheist” (except as the first word of a sentence) when referring to myself or my beliefs. That is because I believe there are two fundamentally different types of atheists – “atheists” like myself that simply do not believe, and “Atheists” who HAVE a religion of anti-God.
In the last few months, I've become aware of the progress of Atheism in science and universities. There's great yelling and gnashing of teeth when a wordless cross is displayed in the desert, yet there are professors at state universities who openly harass students in many classes, which is a clear violation of both the purpose and text of the first amendment. Also, in Seeger v United States, religion and atheism are considered equivalent, at least for the purpose of conscientious objectors, and therefore by implication, cannot be preached in classrooms and schools.
I thought you'd get a kick out of “Godly atheist”. I meant that as a compliment and exactly as you interpretted it. I too, respect you and others like you. There are many others (especially in academia as ProfElwood pointed out) that do have that religion of anti-God. There are also many religious people out there with a religion of anti-atheist. Hate belongs no where within Christianity. If you see a Christian saying ANYTHING with a hateful heart towards any group that does not prescribe – then they are doing God a disservice.
Regardless, you are my American brother – and I love all my American brothers and sisters.