[Anabaptists]Poll on whether to open up discussion of homosexuality and gay marriage

Do you want to open up discussion of homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage in the Anabaptist Forum?


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Tallguy88

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"Anabaptist" Member Poll
Opening up Discussion of Homosexuality and Same Sex Marriage


In keeping with the recent updates to the Christian Forums rule regarding marriage and homosexuality (announcement), this poll is to determine what the members of the Anabaptist forum would like to do. Voting will be open for two weeks (14 days). At that time, votes will be tallied and the majority decision (2/3 majority, 67%) shall be implemented. This poll is only open to members who self-identify as Anabaptist, though you don't necessarily have to have such listed as your faith on CF. Please be honest and do not misrepresent your faith to vote in a forum that is not your home forum. IP checks will be performed on any member suspected of being a sock account of another member. Any tomfoolery will result in action against that poster and their vote being nullified. Here are the voting guidelines in more detail:
  • Only active members of this forum may vote. A specific faith icon is not required, however, you must be a known member of this forum.
  • Members are required to have been active at CF for at least three months and have at least 200 substantial posts.
  • Votes are public, not confidential. This way the community can help police the results of the poll by contacting staff when they believe that a non-forum member has voted.
  • Staff reserves the right to perform IP checks on questionable members.
  • No other discussion is allowed in the poll thread.
  • Each member may vote in one Christian Communities (denominations) forum and one Faith Groups forum. If a member votes in more than one Christian Communities forum and one Faith Groups forum, their vote will be discounted in all of the forums.

There are two options for the poll:

YES: A yes vote means that there would be open discussion of the topics of homosexuality and same sex marriage, in accordance with a few specific guidelines.
NO: A no vote means that discussion of homosexuality and same sex marriage is allowed, but there is no promotion* of these topics.

*Promotion is defined as encouragement of the progress, growth, or acceptance of something including advertising and publicity.


Guidelines for forums with open discussion:
  • All posts must align with the sitewide rules, especially the rule about profanity and vulgarity (no discussions or images that are sexually explicit).
  • Members may not make posts which could be considered blatant campaigning for the acceptance of homosexuality or SSM.
  • Members may not distribute any blatant propaganda about homosexuality or SSM [propaganda: information of a biased or misleading nature used to promote or publicize a particular point of view].
  • Members may not encourage another member to practice homosexuality or enter into a same sex marriage.
 

Tallguy88

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Just saying...the Moderator has a photograph of a homosexual in his signature....seriously?
Gandalf is a Maiar, kind of an angel in Tolkien's mythology. He never expresses sexual desire in any of the stories.
 
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MrJim

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Gandalf is a Maiar, kind of an angel in Tolkien's mythology. He never expresses sexual desire in any of the stories.

Sorry sport~~your sig is Ian McKellan in costume..gay actor and huge advocate of homosexuality rights...maybe you should have gone with a more artistic Tolkien rendering of Gandalf...just saying...
 
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Tallguy88

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Sorry sport~~your sig is Ian McKellan in costume..gay actor and huge advocate of homosexuality rights...maybe you should have gone with a more artistic Tolkien rendering of Gandalf...just saying...
An actor in costume is the character portrayed. And McClellan did a very good job portraying Gandalf.

If you think I mean to advocate homosexuality, you should talk to the folks who think I'm some kind of homophobe because I believe in traditional marriage.
 
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Tallguy88

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Do you then go through the voters and cast out those who are not in the forum? Because I don't recognize any of the "yes" voters as participants in the forum.
Yes, I will discount the ineligible votes and post it all here so the community can make sure the correct votes were counted. There's no way to physically remove their votes from the poll that I'm aware of.
 
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