Anti-gay christian couple barred from fostering

[fetaby]

If you and your Gay partner were Denied acceptance into the Foster Care program because of your sexual oreintation I would still feel it was wrong....We can think of a 1,000 similar situations where a High Court would consider denying many couples acceptance into the Foster care progtam...I will always feel a Single person or a Couple should be judged on the stability of their Life & Home. Sexual oreintation, race & religion should not be a determining factor providing the individual(s) pass the required screening portion of the program...

Fetaby....You need to Learn to post your own thoughts about a given situation and stop making assumptions about other Jubers.....You gain credibility that way.....

Another shield for religious intolerance? I've yet to see you address the fact that christians do not approve of homosexuality. How can a stable environment be created for a gay child? Fostering a child is based on the needs of the child. Gay children need homes that are not intrinsically damaging to their development. Or do you disagree?

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Now to my credibility? You never answered my question. So I'll post my thoughts again.

I get the impression your response has less to do with the way these people would treat a LGBT youth and more to do with the fact that they are christian and you see them being "discriminated" against.

Why does your post seem to be a dodge of the fact that these people are christian and as such are discriminatory of LGBT? Do you feel discrimination of LGBT youth is acceptable and should be state sponsored? As it would be if this couple were allowed to foster?

As it stands, until you answer these questions, I really don't think I have too much to fear for my credibility.


BTW, I wholeheartedly agree that this thread has nothing to do with the race of the people concerned in the OP or yours, or mine.

 

[RobinGoodfellow]

Another shield for religious intolerance? I've yet to see you address the fact that christians do not approve of homosexuality.

Wanna try again? Not all Christians feel the same way; to assume so really kills your credibility.

Why does your post seem to be a dodge of the fact that these people are christian and as such are discriminatory of LGBT?

Yeah...gotta love the bias. I'd be willing to concede fundamentalist Christians, but hardly all Christians are homophobic; we were sort of told to love one another and all that. But let's forget about all of the gay priests and nuns, pastors and lay people; they're just not convenient to your point, and so we'll just hand-wave them out of existence.

Do you feel discrimination of LGBT youth is acceptable and should be state sponsored? As it would be if this couple were allowed to foster?

Literacy 101: I'm sorta guessing that the high court striking down their ability would sorta imply that discrimination of LGBT should not be state sponsored. It's not a hypothetical; it really isn't.

As it stands, until you answer these questions, I really don't think I have too much to fear for my credibility.

Whoa....you had credibility...? When did that happen?

RG


BTW, I wholeheartedly agree that this thread has nothing to do with the race of the people concerned in the OP or yours, or mine.[/QUOTE]

 

[Ninja108]

This isn't an anti-religious action. It's an action taken against a couple that has made it clear that if a child in their foster program is GLBT, he or she will NOT be treated well.
And speaking from experience of some people I've met,their viewpoints certainly do affect how a LGBT child/teen would be treated under their roof.

 

[fetaby]

Wanna try again? Not all Christians feel the same way; to assume so really kills your credibility.


Not really. But eh. It's easy enough for christians who don't feel this way to say as much. The question is, is not accepting homosexuality a tenant of christianity? And if it's not, why is it accepted behavior for christians?
Yeah...gotta love the bias. I'd be willing to concede fundamentalist Christians, Pentecostals, to be exact. but hardly all Christians are homophobic; we were sort of told to love one another and all that. I know! Yet, this doesn't happen.But let's forget about all of the gay priests and nuns, pastors and lay people; they're just not convenient to your point, and so we'll just hand-wave them out of existence. If you want. Them being gay and christian and all, it seems they have bigger fish to fry other than being in this debate.


Literacy 101: I'm sorta guessing that the high court striking down their ability would sorta imply that discrimination of LGBT should not be state sponsored. It's not a hypothetical; it really isn't. Then you do admit these particular christians are discriminatory. That would be a case closed, no? So my question remains, how do you justify giving them a pass?


Whoa....you had credibility...? Not really.When did that happen? You assume it had?

RG


BTW, I wholeheartedly agree that this thread has nothing to do with the race of the people concerned in the OP or yours, or mine.

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[fetaby]

Relax, Mister. The only reason I brought it up was that it was germane to the discussion.

You surely must have realized, yourself, that there's a subtle difference in culture. We're all Americans, that's for sure—but there're still subtle differences. The OJ trial proved that people can perceive the exact same set of facts two completely different ways.

In terms of the topic at hand, this difference in culture is important. I don't know if you remember KarenWalker. He hasn't posted here much lately. But he was a lively character, with strong opinions, with an eccentric bend of mind; I quite liked him.

Anyway, there was a thread about a church in Manhattan that was exorcising homosexuals. In contrast to his usually pronounced leftist tendencies, he bent over backwards defending this church, when, to the rest of us, there seemed little defence of this church.

I came to the conclusion that the church held a somewhat different role in African-American culture than it does in European-American culture, and if this is true, of course the opinions in this thread are going to reflect this difference to some extent.

Which it does.

I personally don't think there's any defence of this anti-gay Christian couple, but I think that opinion reflects my own culture as well...

This is pathetic. Do you not know JUB's race season ended over three weeks ago? We are now beginning this quarter's religion bashing season...