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    Chik-Fil-A and tolerance

    Business owners can hire who they chose so long as they don't discriminate based on an applicant's membership in a protected class -- e.g., race, sex, religion, disability, etc. Sexual orientation is a protected class in some but not all states.
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    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day apparently successful

    What I mean is -- I am an honest, tax paying, hard working citizen who gives money to various nonprofit causes/orgs every year. My wife and I have been together for 8 years, married for nearly 4, and are the proud parents of a lively, healthy toddler. How does any of this harm you or the country?
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    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day apparently successful

    How am I destroying the moral foundation of the country?
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    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day apparently successful

    I don't see it as a loss or a surprise that Chick-Fil-A has supporters as well as detractors.
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    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day apparently successful

    Mkay, that's fine. I don't have any personal experience with the SPLC, but remembered that they had designated the FRC as a hate group. You can obviously disagree with that designation if you want. In any case, I'm not going to knowingly contribute to profits that are funneled into the FRC...
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    Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day apparently successful

    I don't plan on buying any Chick Fil A sandwiches in the foreseeable future, and it is not because Cathy believes in God. Rather, my reasons can be summed up by the Form 990 of Chick's charitable arm, the Winshape Foundation, which gets its own page on the Chick Fil A website. If you click...
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    Obama: Same-sex couples should have right to marry

    So glad to hear this! Especially after North Carolina ...
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    Diseases and Defects

    So babies need to suffer in order for their parents to seek and know God? Babies who suffer greatly with disease know babies better than those who don't? Why can't God find a way for us to reach spiritual maturity without requiring us to again to what end? Is God to save all of humanity to be...
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    Diseases and Defects

    I did. Still don't get it. If God can do anything, why can't he find a way to save the babies without destroying the whole creation?
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    Diseases and Defects

    How can a little baby seek God for anything? I'm not sure I understand. Are you saying that we need to be able to see suffering babies to appreciate how merciful God has been to us by not afflicting us with the same condition? If all things are possible wih God, why is it ever necessary for...
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    Diseases and Defects

    I don't remember the Noah story explaining why God won't wipe out evil by force -- didn't He just say (without explanation) that He wouldn't flood the world again? As for what God is doing, I'm interested in why He permits babies to be born with diseases that cause them to suffer. I think...
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    Diseases and Defects

    What is it that prevents God from immediately being able to keep babies from being born with terrible diseases?
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    Diseases and Defects

    I don't think everyone should be just like me. I'm wondering why God allows babies to be born with diseases or defects that cause them to suffer great pain. I love my son -- and wouldn't love him less if he was sick -- but if I had the choice for him to be afflicted with an incredibly...
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    Diseases and Defects

    No, my question assumes that God has the power to prevent it.
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    Diseases and Defects

    I originally posted this in the Apologetics forum, but now realize that is meant for Christians only, and since I'm a self identified "seeker", I may not ultimately be welcome there. So I'm posting here as well. Here's my issue: I'm sure this has been addressed a million times before, so...
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    John Paul Stevens Retiring

    Yes, but of course there are rumblings of GOP filibuster.
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    John Paul Stevens Retiring

    A socialist trans person, or just a regular trans person?
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    John Paul Stevens Retiring

    This should be interesting.
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    Question for those opposed to same sex marriage

    How did you reach this conclusion?
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    Question for those opposed to same sex marriage

    I did not choose to get butterflies in my stomach when she walks in the room, or for my heart to race when she calls. I did, however, choose whether and how to act on those feelings. When is the last time you "chose" to have a crush on or fall in love with someone? The feelings happen whether...