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− | + | Josh, sorry for the thread naigiatvon problems. In 1975 would your argument hold true with the following modification?In fact, the church’s stance is completely in line with the scripture you quoted, because it is our fear, and there is plenty of evidence to substantiate it, that if INTERRACIAL marriage were legalized it would lead to lead to a denial of the rights of LDS Church members. For example, once INTERRACIAL marriage is legalized, it’s just one more step to say that speaking out against INTERRACIAL marriage is a form of legal discrimination. If I were to say on this blog that I think INTERRACIAL marriage is wrong, and a man OF A DIFFERENT COLOR applies for a job with my company and is turned down, he could sue me for illegal discrimination and he would stand a better chance of winning with a INTERRACIAL marriage law on the books. A member of the LDS Church who teaches in a lesson that INTERRACIAL marriage is wrong could be sued for hate speech. Don’t tell me it would never happen, it already has in other countries where INTERRACIAL marriage is legal. This would impinge on the free speech rights of church members, not to mention religious rights. In fighting against the INTERRACIAL marriage movement, the LDS Church is trying to protect the rights of its members, rather than remove a right from someone else (which we don’t believe they have in the first place). LDS leaders statements on civil rights and mixing of the races are well documented (Google Erza Taft Benson). How is this any different from today?Perhaps you can comment on how heterosexual orientation is determined vs. homosexual orientation. Do you know the specific endocrinological, biology and genetic factors involved in heterosexual orientation and can you explain the delta in these factors for the determination of homosexuality? If not, aren’t you making unsubstantiated assumptions? Have you ever been attracted to a member of the same sex? If not, when and how did you choose your orientation? Behavior is a choice, orientation is a different issue.Do you think the APA willy nilly removed homosexuality from its list of mental disorders? The use a standard of peer review and studies that can be duplicated. Most religious publications on homosexuality are just that papers, with no objective to meet the standard of peer review. If your right the APA's ideology is wrong.. Then how have the following organizations become corrupted with the same ideology? Seems like there are plenty of checks and balances to make corrections if errors were made. Could you be wrong? What checks and balances do you apply to your rationale?American Academy of PediatricsAmerican Association of School AdministratorsAmerican Counseling AssociationAmerican Federation of TeachersAmerican Psychological AssociationAmerican School Counselor AssociationAmerican School Health AssociationInterfaith Alliance FoundationNational Association of School PsychologistsNational Association of Secondary School PrincipalsNational Association of SocialWorkersNational Education AssociationSchool SocialWork Association of AmericaPerhaps the same logic and reasoned opinion lead to the removal that lead to the discovery that African Americans were not less valiant in the spirit world and deserve equal rights. Do you think women should have the right to vote? What new knowledge caused the change in this thinking? What caused the change from the Mormon official practice of polygamy, was it new knowledge or because the US government stepped in? | |
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==BP & XP== | ==BP & XP== |