Quote Originally Posted by poetry_writer View Post
If I didnt believe it to be fact, I would not be basing my life and death on it. You cannot limit me to saying "I believe it to be fact" , forcing or demanding I phrase it according to you, unless you yourself want to be guilty of what you are accusing others. As far as forcing anyone, I cant force anyone to believe anything. Nor would I try. I dont know who the American Family assn is, never heard of them, so cant comment on that.
Personally I don't care if you call it a fact or not. Believe what you (general you) want to govern your own life. Where we (as a country) need to draw the line is allowing people to vote/enact laws that take away rights from people based on their beliefs/personal facts.

There's a giant difference between someone who says they think gay people (or anyone different from them) are sinners (absolutely nothing legally wrong with thinking this) and people who vote to take away civil rights of minorities (I will speak out and vote against this till the end).

Taking away civil rights should only be done when there is a clear benefit to society as a whole (imprisioning felons, for instance) and has nothing to do with freedom of speech, which is, of course, protected.

Kara