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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
Is it really a surprise that third world countries would not be as moral as us? When it wasn't that long ago gays weren't even allowed to marry each other here in Canada and in the United States?
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Originally Posted by calgaryblood
A 2015 poll of the United States showed 40% oppose gay marriage. So it's no surprise when a country with no education system and strong religious beliefs would oppose gay marriage when a democracy has that much disdain for homosexuality.
In Canada the number is about 35% opposition. Even higher in conservatives.
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A) We're not talking about Muslims in third world countries. The poll Corsi brought up was of Muslims in the UK.
B) We're not talking about opposition to gay marriage. We're talking about the criminalization of homosexuality itself. The poll I saw showed over 60 per cent of British Muslims believe homosexuality should not be legal. So basically, they'd support winding the clock back 50 years to when men found having sex with other men were prosecuted by the courts, lost their jobs, etc.
I can't get my head around the idea that it's perfectly okay to denounce extreme social conservatism when promoted by religions that are followed mainly be white people, but it's taboo to even acknowledge extreme social conservatism when promoted by religions that are followed mainly by non-white people.
How far are we going to go in obscuring the truth out of squeamishness and partisanship? I mean, if redneck Trump supporters and Tea Partiers get more vocal about denouncing Wall Street, will it be regarded as bigoted to denounce Wall Street because, you know,
that's what bigots do.