tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post5964975089130880968..comments2024-03-23T19:16:01.555-07:00Comments on Can it happen here?: What's so scary about same-sex marriage?janinsanfranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-12398588278465228432015-05-19T01:53:34.452-07:002015-05-19T01:53:34.452-07:00"I think it is also a reflection of the gener..."I think it is also a reflection of the general anxiety about the decline of Christianity in the U.S. documented in yesterday's Pew Research Center report. We will be the scapegoats."<br /><br />The Pew findings can be interpreted in several ways, such as: http://www.christianpost.com/news/10-interesting-facts-about-evangelicals-from-pews-religion-report-139195/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-1932486301946948282015-05-16T20:12:38.177-07:002015-05-16T20:12:38.177-07:00Scapegoats. Yes. I am at a loss to understand why ...Scapegoats. Yes. I am at a loss to understand why gay rights cause such a furor. That could be because I'm from the SF Bay area and really don't understand what the problem is. Anyway,it all seems suspect to me,since it's so obvious that gayness is here to stay!Hattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13297404386730167834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-79790722271117126662015-05-13T09:21:16.920-07:002015-05-13T09:21:16.920-07:00I'm bringing over two comments from Facebook, ...I'm bringing over two comments from Facebook, as this post seems to have struck a chord:<br /><br />Mark: It took the National Guard and at least one additional SCt decision to enforce Brown 60 years ago. We may face a variation on the same here.<br /><br />John: I think it is also a reflection of the general anxiety about the decline of Christianity in the U.S. documented in yesterday's Pew Research Center report. We will be the scapegoats.janinsanfranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07548452260456734928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11093162.post-73887133796350479402015-05-13T09:17:20.338-07:002015-05-13T09:17:20.338-07:00We get an email from Hillsdale College, goes back ...We get an email from Hillsdale College, goes back a long time for when we started, but their last message was one fearful of those out 'to destroy Christianity.' I think they are fearful when they see the polls showing how few Americans follow traditional religions anymore. When we were still in a church was about the time churches went political, the time of the rise of Falwell and Robertson's power and their desire to change the political direction of this nation. The farther these mega-churches have gotten from the Gospels, the more they have turned off Americans. They think it's someone outside trying to destroy them. In reality-- it's them doing it to themselves. <br /><br />I used to be more tolerant of religion, as just another choice for people to make regarding how they felt benefited their lives. Little by little I have grown to see it as more damaging to quality living and only about power for a few. That is not the Christian message, but it's the one constantly broadcast by the loudest Christians, which Sullivan called christianists for good reason! They aren't Christians; and if you read Revelations, you clearly see it spelled out what we have today with those yelling the loudest about the fear of gays. The more people who know gay couples, the less they can convince anyone that they aren't lying regarding this as well as a lot of other things. Sad really :( But not unpredictable. Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.com