metro wrote:rev firstly, the cops are there to keep the peace not to encourage people to riot.
It would have been for a good cause
secondly the homosexual "lifestyle" is exactly the same as the heterosexual "lifestyle" and people cant control or choose their sexuality.. like when did you or I CHOOSE the "heterosexual lifestyle"??. Also with overpopulation i think we need more same-sex attracted people in the world to keep our numbers down.
I never said anyone chose to be gay or straight.
Like I said I really don't care what people do with their life, as long as it doesn't affect me.
and lastly these nutjob preachers ARE doing damage, they are driving away city shoppers in a time when retail is already struggling. Rundle Mall traders want them gone, the state government and the city council want them gone, and the vast majority of the general public (not just the minorities) want them gone..
I doubt they've had that much of an impact on people coming to the city.
rev wrote:I'm Orthodox Christian
rev wrote:The rest of society doesn't give a shit about your lifestyle choices or beliefs. Get over yourself.
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I don't know what your 'cheers'ing' me about, but I'll drink to that(any excuse will do)
3,000 years ago my ancestors believed in multiple Gods who lived on a mountain.
Today we believe in a single God.
Tomorrow we will believe in something else.
My point is that religion should not be about converting people or having people attend mass like zombies so they don't go to hell for eternity and blah blah.
It should be about ones own spirituality.
If they want that. If not, to each their own. No skin off my nose.
monotonehell wrote:Mate, the Gay community might be a bit flamboyant and colourful, but lumping them in with these nut jobs is totally wrong.
Adelaide's gay community is practically silent and almost non-existent. Except around Feast.
The HUGE difference between the gays and these preachers is gays don't want force everyone to be homosexual.
Gays' message: hey we exist - let us live.
Religion's message: become one of us or else.[/quote]
That's not my faith's message...
It might be the message of those nutty preachers in town, but they don't represent all Christians or all religious people(or people who generally believe in God but aren't all that religious).
I know they aren't trying to force everyone to be gay.
What I meant was we don't need them to constantly remind us they are gay or here their sob stories. Get on with your lives, the rest of us don't care what you do in your bedroom(or the back seat of your car or certain parklands we've all heard about lol) or who you do it with.
They want acceptance and to be treated like normal people. Well, the majority do just that. They accept them, and treat them like they would anyone else.
It really isn't an issue these days imo. Of course there are some people who will never accept gays. Just like there are people who will never believe in a God of any kind.
You are never going to have everyone agreeing and with the same views.
Now with Beer Garden for our smoking patrons.
no, they're not those street preachers, they're nice people.