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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
I think 1 thing is being lost here.
Not every culture embraces the same beliefs. If the overwhelming majority of people in a culture believe something is wrong who are we to argue with that?
The biggest problem I have about our North American culture is the sheer intolerance for anyone who shares different beliefs. It's more or less our way or its wrong, then we preach that intolerance is wrong.
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So you don't like intolerance in NA, but encourage it elsewhere to be tolerant?
The right to life (once born, pre birth is whole other kettle of wax) and freedom are fundamental human rights agreed to by all nations. Sexual orientation and expression falls into that freedom part.
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."
http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/
We signed up for that. Sticking a patch on a hockey jersey is a small price to pay for maintaining the moral high ground.