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Provocative? Yes. Hateful? No.

Dante9 Wrote: Apr 09, 2013 2:45 PM
I have every right and the will to call anyone on this site whatever I want, just like you, and will continue to do so if the mood suits me. You prove my very point above about ignorance and homophobia because unless you actually were gay, you would never "know" for sure whether being homosexual was a choice or not. I am not gay but know many who are. I believe them and certainly don't believe you. There are no choices in this realm; you either are or aren't gay. Just like you either get that or you don't. You either believe in gay marriage or you don't. Just remember, it's you class that makes mine possible.

Two weeks ago I wrote a column encouraging churches to take a moral stand and make their voices heard as the Supreme Court deliberates the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8, which voters in my home state approved in 2008 to ban same-sex marriage.

I pointed out that the fight over Proposition 8 is not just about the legality of gay marriage; it's part of a larger effort by some factions to change the culture. In that context I wrote: "There is also a very slippery slope leading to other alternative relationships and the unconstitutionality of any law based on morality....

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