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guillaumeb

(42,649 posts) Thu Mar 21, 2019, 03:15 PM Mar 2019

More than 100 religious leaders in Tennessee take a stand against slate of anti-LGBT legislation [View all]

From the article:

More than 100 clergy members from across the state signed onto a statement opposing six bills before the Tennessee General Assembly this session.
"As leaders of faith communities we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state. We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness," the statement reads.

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https://www.tennessean.com/news/

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More than 100 religious leaders in Tennessee take a stand against slate of anti-LGBT legislation [View all] guillaumeb Mar 2019 OP

More than 100? Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #1

Well it IS Tennesee...and it is a start /nt sdfernando Mar 2019 #3

The direct link Maraya1969 Mar 2019 #2

Thank you. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #6

How many more than 100. MineralMan Mar 2019 #4

Yes, the perfect is ever the enemy of the good for some here. eom guillaumeb Mar 2019 #5

Have you even visited Tennessee? MineralMan Mar 2019 #7

And you "know" that they will fail? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #8

They already did. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #12

I do know they'll fail. MineralMan Mar 2019 #13

And LGBTs have been paying the price for it ever since. marylandblue Mar 2019 #16

As they do in China as well? eom guillaumeb Mar 2019 #18

If so, they learnt it from Christian missionaries and Russian Communists marylandblue Mar 2019 #19

So before the 19th century China was Eden? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #20

Specifically, it was more tolerant of homosexuals marylandblue Mar 2019 #22

Fee free to validate your claim. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #25

Here, happy reading. marylandblue Mar 2019 #26

From the very beginning: guillaumeb Mar 2019 #28

I knew you would cherry pick the first thing you saw in the article marylandblue Mar 2019 #32

Christianity is over 2000 years old. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #34

Yes, of course. The prohibition on homosexuality came from the Hebrew Bible. marylandblue Mar 2019 #35

I looked at this site after your reponse. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #36

I don't think you can compare the mild and inconsistent disapproval in Eastern Religions marylandblue Mar 2019 #44

Way to dodge the point Lordquinton Mar 2019 #11

No, it is exactly the point. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #17

So China is writing laws in Tennessee to oppress LGBTQIA Lordquinton Mar 2019 #37

Yes, your reading of what I actually said is a bit fantastic. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #38

There has to be some reason you keep bringing China up Lordquinton Mar 2019 #39

And why do you think that I bring it up in my posts about China? guillaumeb Mar 2019 #40

I've stated many times Lordquinton Mar 2019 #41

Intolerance. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #42

That's the motte-and-bailey Lordquinton Mar 2019 #43

That's like a city block's worth of churches Lordquinton Mar 2019 #10

I just started my own religion. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #14

That's awesome. Mariana Mar 2019 #9

No, I do not. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #21

Is China really non-theistic? Mariana Mar 2019 #24

Your last link validates the claim. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #27

So, back to the subject of your thread, Gil. Mariana Mar 2019 #29

That has nothing to do with the post. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #30

12% of Republicans disapprove of Trump edhopper Mar 2019 #15

I guess we should. Mariana Mar 2019 #23

Or view this 12% as peopel with whom we might find some common ground? eom guillaumeb Mar 2019 #31

Not as long as edhopper Mar 2019 #33

126 signed it, but in Tennessee that's a ridiculously small number Rob H. Mar 2019 #45

It's even a smaller minority than that. MineralMan Mar 2019 #46

Yep Rob H. Mar 2019 #47

There are quite a few megachurches in Tennessee, MineralMan Mar 2019 #48

Hey now, gil doesn't like you pointing out facts. trotsky Mar 2019 #49