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mythicalcoolkid · 11 months ago

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I will always be somewhat angry that the US gay marriage debate overwhelmingly focused on "well actually the Bible DOES support homosexuality!" instead of "your religion should not dictate whether I have the legal rights granted by marriage"

#m/cc #negative #yes I know there were people saying that #but the 'debate' was hugely focused on debunking the Christian approach when in reality it shouldn't have mattered #I understand that in many (most?) scholarly religious interpretations the Bible does not condemn gay people #Queer Theology was a resource that gave me a lot of comfort back in the day and I highly recommend it #I get that their argument wasn't valid to begin with and that it's an important conversation to have #but *whether or not Christianity agrees with it should not have been the primary debate*#Jewish weddings are still legal marriage. weddings between non-Christians are still legal marriage. this is about civil rights not religion #it's incredibly messed up that we had to defend our status through the Christian view instead of human rights #'freedom of religion' > 'one nation under God'

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