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

[Tallguy88]

"NCBC" 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 No Creed but Christ 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. 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.

 

[JimmyK]

Greetings,

Forgive me but I cast a vote before reading the rules. I voted No for the record but have not been here long enough which is fine. I am a member in good standing at The Spring Creek Church of Christ in Tomball Texas.

Regards

JimmyK

 

[Tallguy88]

Greetings,

Forgive me but I cast a vote before reading the rules. I voted No for the record but have not been here long enough which is fine. I am a member in good standing at The Spring Creek Church of Christ in Tomball Texas.

Regards

JimmyK

Sorry, your vote won't count since you don't meet the requirements.

 

[SnowyMacie]

IRL, I am a member of the Churches of Christ, but on CF I primarily post in WWMC and not this one because of activity level of the subforums, but I still have occasionally posted here. Will I be able to vote?

 

[Tallguy88]

IRL, I am a member of the Churches of Christ, but on CF I primarily post in WWMC and not this one because of activity level of the subforums, but I still have occasionally posted here. Will I be able to vote?

You can vote in one denominational forum and one faith group forum. Have you voted anywhere else?

 

[SnowyMacie]

You can vote in one denominational forum and one faith group forum. Have you voted anywhere else?

No, we opted out to have a vote in WWMC, we discussed it and figured it would be pointless since everyone would vote yes.

 

[Tallguy88]

As long as you can be considered a member of this forum, you can vote here.

 

[Tallguy88]

Only one eligible vote. The Admins have decided that this forum will keep the status quo for now and may request a new poll in six months if the activity in here picks up. So, for now this forum will not allow full discussion of homosexuality or SSM.

Closing and sticking this thread.