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Way to totally miss the point of his post. He was talking about this Flying Spaghetti Monster: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster.
THERE IS GREAT FREEDOM IN AMERICA
You Are Created in His Image. He is a individual and so are you.
Can you prove that your "Lord and Savior" is not a joke? Seriously, do you honestly think that there is zero chance that the entire Bible was thought up as a giant prank by some bored Jews?A parody is a joke. His god is but a joke. My LORD and SAVIOR is no joke.
THERE IS GREAT FREEDOM IN AMERICA
You Are Created in His Image. He is a individual and so are you.
He respects the individual and will not interfere with a persons right to choose Good or Evil. Money or fame. He has left in your hands, all the options.
In America You have the right to be Right or Wrong to Put Ford Hubcaps on your Chevy Truck if U want to. Or soda pop on your cornflakes.
If you want to commit a crime, He will not stop you.
If you want something that is bad for you, He will not prevent you.
The power of Choice is in your hands no matter what the laws of America dictate. No matter what the judges rule on. No one but God Almighty can remove your power of Choice or freedom of speech. Paid for by Christ and all the US soldiers that have shed their blood for Americas freedom. I served in the Army during Vietnam.
So you can choose to sin or not to sin. To live right or live wrong
But the Soul that Sins it shall Die. Sin separates you from the close friendship and blessings you get by knowing God up close. The closer, you get the greater are the things that happen in your life
The more you sin the worst it gets, from a lot of mis fortune or bad luck, things just wont go right for you until you stop what it is that is putting a wall between you and God, To hear His voice of prosperity, gets harder and more distant until you no longer hear Him at all.
If you chose to serve Jesus instead of your self desires, then He grants you many Gifts and blessings.
If He loves you and you continue to sin, then you will get punished and corrected now before it is too late.
If you have not accepted the will of Christ in your life and continue to sin, Then you may not see judgment until the very end when it is to late to change.
Some people get away with murder and still get to go to Heaven.
Some do not have it that easy.
It is a different deal for each person depending on their relationship With the Father Through Jesus Christ.
For God has a different training plan for each individual. He is that large.
He instructs each one on an individual basis, to what is best for that person
He is a personal trainer to those who follow His Will and Way.
Sin separates you from receiving God Blessings
The Soul that Sins Shall Die.....
A parody is a joke. His god is but a joke. My LORD and SAVIOR is no joke.
It is amazing how so many Christians in America choose to embrace the sins of hatred and bigotry and discrimination. it is amazing how many choose to compromise their sin by justifying their own petty personal prejudices by using Christianity. It si disheartening to see so many Christians choose to reject the teachings of Jesus and lie about our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters. The choice of these people, like the choice of racist and anti-Semitics is both sad and sickTHERE IS GREAT FREEDOM IN AMERICA
You Are Created in His Image. He is a individual and so are you.
He respects the individual and will not interfere with a persons right to choose Good or Evil. Money or fame. He has left in your hands, all the options.
In America You have the right to be Right or Wrong to Put Ford Hubcaps on your Chevy Truck if U want to. Or soda pop on your cornflakes.
If you want to commit a crime, He will not stop you.
If you want something that is bad for you, He will not prevent you.
The power of Choice is in your hands no matter what the laws of America dictate. No matter what the judges rule on. No one but God Almighty can remove your power of Choice or freedom of speech. Paid for by Christ and all the US soldiers that have shed their blood for Americas freedom. I served in the Army during Vietnam.
So you can choose to sin or not to sin. To live right or live wrong
But the Soul that Sins it shall Die. Sin separates you from the close friendship and blessings you get by knowing God up close. The closer, you get the greater are the things that happen in your life
The more you sin the worst it gets, from a lot of mis fortune or bad luck, things just wont go right for you until you stop what it is that is putting a wall between you and God, To hear His voice of prosperity, gets harder and more distant until you no longer hear Him at all.
If you chose to serve Jesus instead of your self desires, then He grants you many Gifts and blessings.
If He loves you and you continue to sin, then you will get punished and corrected now before it is too late.
If you have not accepted the will of Christ in your life and continue to sin, Then you may not see judgment until the very end when it is to late to change.
Some people get away with murder and still get to go to Heaven.
Some do not have it that easy.
It is a different deal for each person depending on their relationship With the Father Through Jesus Christ.
For God has a different training plan for each individual. He is that large.
He instructs each one on an individual basis, to what is best for that person
He is a personal trainer to those who follow His Will and Way.
Sin separates you from receiving God Blessings
The Soul that Sins Shall Die.....
A parody is a joke. His god is but a joke. My LORD and SAVIOR is no joke.
There still has to be a constitutional (CA, in this case) mandate to warrant the overturning of the majority's will. Something is not inherently wrong or tyrannical just because it has the larger pool of supporters.Point of order, I suppose....
For those opposed to the so-called "judicial activism"... If the courts do not have the power to frustrate the tyranny of the majority, what will?
Relying on the "good nature" of the majority is just as absurd as relying on the perpetual good nature of presidents.
Seriously, suppose we have a situation where a majority of the Congress were in the President's pocket and they passed horrifically unconscionable laws, capital punishment for jaywalking, mandatory organ donation (even if you weren't dead yet), 24-hour surveillance of the marital bedroom, forced copulation and pregnancy based upon some crazed eugenic pipe dream of the Fuhrer?
Personally, I'd rather have the gradual refinement of precedent in its attempts to strike a balance between majority power and minority rights, than have to face the boom/bust cycles of oppression and revolution.
but your mileage may differ.
Peace
it wont. amending state constitutions is just a stalling tactic. Everyone knows just like segregation , Jim Crow and bans on interracial marriage that discrimination s days are numbered.
Various right wing groups in California are and have been collecting signatures to ballot an amendment to the state constitution making it all right to discriminate.
I guess you don't know about Baker v Nelson. There is a difference between restricting marriage on a superficial difference (such as race) and restricting marriage on a fundamental difference (such as sex/gender). If you disagree then you have a quarrell with the Honorable John Roberts and his Associate Justices, and the United States Constitution.
You seem to think that all discrimination is bad. Most, if not all, states, have a miminum age requirement to be married, that is age discrimination. I got my driver's license at 16-again age discrimination. Discrimination is not inherently bad, and according to the US Constitution individual states have the right to put limitations on marriage. I see no problem with California allowing same-sex marriages~that is their right as a state. I also see no problem with Texas limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples only. That is also their right as a state according to the US Constitution. I have no problem with states outlawing polygamous marriage-that is also discriminating against polygamists BTW. Marriage laws in all states discriminate against someone, and it is perfectly legal for a state to do so.
I guess you don't know about Baker v Nelson. There is a difference between restricting marriage on a superficial difference (such as race) and restricting marriage on a fundamental difference (such as sex/gender). If you disagree then you have a quarrell with the Honorable John Roberts and his Associate Justices, and the United States Constitution.
You seem to think that all discrimination is bad. Most, if not all, states, have a miminum age requirement to be married, that is age discrimination. I got my driver's license at 16-again age discrimination. Discrimination is not inherently bad, and according to the US Constitution individual states have the right to put limitations on marriage. I see no problem with California allowing same-sex marriages~that is their right as a state. I also see no problem with Texas limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples only. That is also their right as a state according to the US Constitution. I have no problem with states outlawing polygamous marriage-that is also discriminating against polygamists BTW. Marriage laws in all states discriminate against someone, and it is perfectly legal for a state to do so.
Precisely. I'm quite happy for the government to discriminate (and legislate) based on gender where that discrimination/legislation serves a valid (secular) state purpose.Discrimination is fine if it serves a state purpose.
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