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Originally Posted by SeoulFire
If the church allows the religious ceremony to those not of faith (which I am sure they disapprove of) then they should allow the ceremony to gays. This fact makes it hypocritical and exclusionary. If they revoked the ceremony for people not of faith then there shouldn't be an issue but I am fairly certain it would persist.
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You know what? That's maybe the best point I've ever heard against gay marriage.
Basically - the more people they discriminate against, the more justified their stance against homosexual marriage. They may be bigots, but at least they aren't hypocrites!
I don't agree with it - I think Churches should be accepting of everyone if they really have a valuable message - but you're 100% right. If they discriminate against non-believers, it would be hypocritical to NOT discriminate against gays.
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Economics say this won't happen. Churches have far less to lose by excluding gays than non-believers.
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A big reason I'm unhappy with a lot of churches and religions. It's not about helping people. It's about the bottom line.