Do homophobic Christians really think "good" is so limited and civilization so...

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Old Man from Scene 24

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...fragile? (read details)? While driving through the Ozarks today, I was looking for the NPR station on the radio, and picked up one of the many Christian broadcast stations in that area. They were discussing gay marriage, and out of boredom I listened for about a minute. A caller called in, and among the things he said were that "all good in society comes from marriage being between one man and one woman", and that "civilization could not survive" without that definition for marriage. Those were his actual words, and he sounded as if he sincerely believed it. He even had a pleading sound to his voice, and actually sounded concerned and not angry or hateful.

But he basically said there is no other source for having anything good in society other than marriage between a man and a woman. I really don't care one way or the other about homosexuality or gay marriage, but points of views like this one (on any subject) are detrimental.

Is there anyone who does not think he overstated his position to the point of being totally ridiculous? I hope there isn't. But here is the real question: Just how much would you tone those statements down if you said them, and how much less ridiculous would it make your point of view?
 
Christianity is everywhere in the mid-west that is why it is called "the bible belt of America". If you don't believe me just look down the street and count how many churches are on one city block. (about three or four) Personally, I think people like him just fear what they don't understand. They have never tried to find a religious path on their own, rather they copied whatever their family was doing. So they are not afraid to be lead by the hand and believe everything they read. It is people like this that are making wars or causing others to die in them.

A logical question would be, How do we know if homosexual marriage or adoption won't work out if we have never tried it? The truth of the matter is we really don't know anything about homosexuality if we have never personally lived it, so we should shut up and mind our own business.
 
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