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Wrong. Accepting them as people is recognising that they are human beings who have the right to live, even if they are doing something wrong. Accepting their practices is saying that they are doing something right. These are two completely different things.

I would indeed like to see quotes from Pope Francis and Queen Elizabeth II saying that they want to quit their sovereignty over their nations (Vatican City and the United Kingdom) in order to start, somehow, ruling over the whole world. I promote tolerance for homosexuals and LGBT groups...

Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Where did that come from? How on Earth can you say that ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘pushing for one government and religion’ are the same thing? Who is pushing for one government? Which country leaders have ever said that they were willing to abdicate the sovereignty of their...

Yes, my skin is basically white. Granted, it is not white as snow, but no-one's skin colour is white as snow. However, my skin colour is about as white as it could possibly be; therefore, it is reasonable that I employ the term ‘white’ (as has been historically and traditionally used) to refer...

You are correct in that. Why do you say that Adam was black?

So what? Depending on the context in which I see him, I might care about his life story and his origins just as much as I care about yours — which is little to nothing. This is what will happen if I see a black man on the street. I don't care where he comes from. To be honest, I wouldn't even...

Or I can just look at the guy and say, ‘That guy is black.’

Same here, but, still, it is still a debate on something related to race — and, this time, a pretty stupid one. Does the Canadian right-wing emphasise political correctness? Oh dear! Which is not a problem, is it?

Oh dear! Is it really a big deal whether we are talking about the exact colour shade? Come on! So long as there are no people with skin as white as snow, using ‘white’ to describe my skin is perfectly fine; and, so long as there are no people with skin as black as coal, using ‘black’ to describe...

I think it was a mix of your paranoia and a false social stigma that Muslims are terrorists. Not racism, because Islam is not a race.

Why are they not? I fail to understand. And I still fail to understand why it is crude to identify people by their skin colour. I wonder whether it is also crude to identify people by their eye colour, hair colour, hair length, height, weight or even gender, for that matter.

Why on Earth is it crude? It is not crude at all; it is merely factual. If my skin is white, why can I not be classified as ‘White’? If my friend's skin is black, why can he not be classified as ‘Black’? It is simply descriptive, not negative in any way. The only reason why you perceive it to...

That is your problem. The term ‘race’ is not crude in any way; it is recorded in the dictionary precisely with that meaning, with no derogatory connotations. It is synonymous with ‘ethnicity’.

Are you serious? People love to debate stupid things like whether there is only one race or many races! :) (I do recognise that I speak partially against myself, though.) Actually, the whole idea of political correctness (like insisting that you cannot call a group of people with similar...

For centuries, people have used the term ‘race’ to refer to a group of people with similar physical characteristics. Now, all of a sudden, it has become politically incorrect to do it. Oh well! Whatever.

Because it is a hot topic which draws people's attention. Indeed, it contains the sole thing which is necessary to create a hot topic: stupid left-wing propaganda (though, sometimes, far-right works just as well). :)

Or when they're children — in which case it is usually followed by covering one's ears, whilst screaming, ‘La la la, I can't hear you!’ Does it not seem as though this is almost what OP is doing with what we say?

No, other than explaining it, there is no other way. Just say, ‘No, we have never had sex; we are Christian and, therefore, we are waiting for marriage, because we believe that this is what God wants for our lives, and we are here to serve him.’ You cannot be less ambiguous than this, so this...

I eat corn flakes with milk. That's it.

I feel sorry for your friend. Whilst I do understand their parents' intention, I completely disagree with it as being excessively exaggerated. A job and a car are things which you should probably have by the time you get married, but, in my opinion, this does not mean that you cannot start...