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AFA: Shops who display ‘We Don’t Discriminate’ stickers are bullying Christians[W:54]

From the article:

AFA spokesman Buddy Smith said: “If you do that, you are agreeing with these businesses that Christians no longer have the freedom to live out the dictates of their Christian faith and conscience.

How does a business owners decision to sell to ANYONE equate to Christians no longer having the freedom to live out their faith?
 
AFA: Shops who display ‘We Don’t Discriminate’ stickers are bullying Christians · PinkNews.co.uk

Yep, NOT discriminating is now "bullying."

I'm sure that by "We don't discriminate," they really mean "Let's see your membership card for the Humanists."

What happens to businesses who laugh at the whole concept of discriminating, but don't care to put up a sign? Could they be targeted?

What if the owners were Christians, but would rather stay out of the whole deal and not post a sign, would they be identified for discrimination?

Do we really need to post symbols on front doors to notify the enforcers of our affiliations and beliefs?
 
AFA: Shops who display ‘We Don’t Discriminate’ stickers are bullying Christians · PinkNews.co.uk

Yep, NOT discriminating is now "bullying."

I'm sure that by "We don't discriminate," they really mean "Let's see your membership card for the Humanists."



Christians can be as misguided as anyone else, and in this case it is very misguided.

I wonder what the AFA would say about my Church, Baptist, who has a lesbian child and youth minister?

I am no theologian, but Jesus cultivated the sick, the downtrodden, the outcasts of society and gathered them around him. Some teachings refer to the "Raggamuffin Gospels; anyone who thinks Jesus would shun a homosexual is savagely mistaken, he chose to gather with prostitutes, sent out a woman who had had "five husbands" and made fishers and tax collectors his disciples.

This obsession with the morality of others has always rung hollow to me...in my experience the more people are fighting these moral battles, the more it seems they have given up their own moral fight; have lost sight of the truly moral crime of passing judgement on others.....

"...forgive us out trespasses AS we forgive those who have trespassed against us...." are not just words recited to make us feel we have met our obligation to God, but God's reminder that his judgement is the only one that counts, that his forgiveness for our sins is dependent on our treatment of others.

How many of these AFA's have had extra-marital affairs, a homosexual encounter, or masturbates?
 
What happens to businesses who laugh at the whole concept of discriminating, but don't care to put up a sign? Could they be targeted?

What if the owners were Christians, but would rather stay out of the whole deal and not post a sign, would they be identified for discrimination?

Do we really need to post symbols on front doors to notify the enforcers of our affiliations and beliefs?

Since there isn't a requirement to do this, what business is it of yours what an owner decides to put up in HIS business?

Is it any different than shops that put Christian symbols in their windows?
 
What part of We don't discriminate does Buddy Smith not understand?

Density, pure density...... :roll:
 
Essentially what it comes down to is Christians that agree with the AFA on this are afraid of taking responsibility for their discrimination against homosexuals.

They want the right to discriminate, but they want to be free of consequences of their discrimination.
 
Since there isn't a requirement to do this, what business is it of yours what an owner decides to put up in HIS business?

Is it any different than shops that put Christian symbols in their windows?

Interesting answer. Not sure why you wasted everyone's time with it.
 
Interesting answer. Not sure why you wasted everyone's time with it.

Everyone else understood, I don't give two shakes of piss about what you think Con.
 
What happens to businesses who laugh at the whole concept of discriminating, but don't care to put up a sign? Could they be targeted?

What if the owners were Christians, but would rather stay out of the whole deal and not post a sign, would they be identified for discrimination?

Do we really need to post symbols on front doors to notify the enforcers of our affiliations and beliefs?

I don't see how not discriminating = targeting.
 
When you have religious zealots that believe that bad weather (or any other disaster) is god's revenge upon sinners (as if an all powerful god could not target individual "sinners") then this is to be expected. The idea that the "sinful" actions of someone else causes god to exact some sort of revenge upon those that do not stop them from "sining" is not religious freedom but a dangerous bunch of nuts, not unlike those that would kill/harm those not "of the true faith" in a Jihad.
 
My first thought was that the statement in question had to be a case of somebody said that somebody said, not an actual quote from the AFA. Who would make such a statement? Certainly, not a practicing Christian!

So, I checked that idea out. Not so. It appears that the vice president of the AFA actually did make this absurd statement:

Buddy Smith, executive vice president of Tupelo-based American Family Association, offers his take on the sticker campaign. "It's not really a buying campaign, but it's a bully campaign," he says, "and it's being carried out by radical homosexual activists who intend to trample the freedom of Christians to live according to the dictates of scripture. "They don't want to hear that homosexuality is sinful behavior – and they wish to silence Christians and the church who dare to believe this truth." Smith offers a word of caution for those who do business with facilities posting the decal supporting homosexual activism. "If you do that, you are agreeing with these businesses that Christians no longer have the freedom to live out the dictates of their Christian faith and conscience," he tells OneNewsNow.

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WWJD? Throw out the homosexuals? Refuse them service?

What an anti Christian attitude masquerading as Christianity!
 
Do we really need to post symbols on front doors to notify the enforcers of our affiliations and beliefs?

Irony. I'm guessing you're ok with Christian symbols in courtrooms and schools. You're definitely ok with Christian symbols on car and homes, right? You're probably also ok with Christian symbols in businesses. One or all of those things being true renders your objection flat-out BS.
 
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Posting a sticker on your store window saying you DON'T discriminate is now "bullying".


Only one response to that...



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I don't see how not discriminating = targeting.

It just occurs to me that if some business didn't know about the little sign deal, and therefore didn't post a sign, customers may mistakenly believe they harbor some anti-gay sentiment.

We've entered a period in society where fascism needs to be pushed back against. In fact, I think we've gone quite a bit past the "entered a period" stage.

I personally can't imagine not accepting anyone's business, but I don't think I should have to prove it with a sign.

To me, it seems the concept of slippery slope has never been taught. History has provided overwhelming evidence that the concept is real, and destructive.
 
It just occurs to me that if some business didn't know about the little sign deal, and therefore didn't post a sign, customers may mistakenly believe they harbor some anti-gay sentiment.

We've entered a period in society where fascism needs to be pushed back against. In fact, I think we've gone quite a bit past the "entered a period" stage.

I personally can't imagine not accepting anyone's business, but I don't think I should have to prove it with a sign.

To me, it seems the concept of slippery slope has never been taught. History has provided overwhelming evidence that the concept is real, and destructive.


What now "not discriminating" is fascism? Your slippery slope is more like a cliff, you automatically take the sentiment that they don't discriminate and go right to fascism.
 
Irony. I'm guessing you're ok with Christian symbols in courtrooms and schools. You're definitely ok with Christian symbols on car and homes, right? You're probably also ok with Christian symbols in businesses. One or all of those things being true renders your objection flat-out BS.

LOL

I love pronouncements like yours. "My points are so profound, if anyone of them apply to you, you're eliminated".

How obnoxious can one be?

So, from your lofty perch, anyone who displays a Christian symbol is anti-gay, or otherwise biased, and should be viewed as an enemy?

If that's not the case, why would a Christian symbol create fear and loathing in anyone? If owners are jerks, let their business fail, as it should.

On the other hand, wouldn't it be possible to conclude the absence of this "qualifying sticker" among other business who display it, means the business plans to discriminate? What if that weren't true?
 
LOL

You Fascists are always so classy! :peace

You calling me a fascist only shows how foolish and idiotic your comments really are Con. Any more lies from you?
 
LOL

I love pronouncements like yours. "My points are so profound, if anyone of them apply to you, you're eliminated".

How obnoxious can one be?

So, from your lofty perch, anyone who displays a Christian symbol is anti-gay, or otherwise biased, and should be viewed as an enemy?

If that's not the case, why would a Christian symbol create fear and loathing in anyone? If owners are jerks, let their business fail, as it should.

On the other hand, wouldn't it be possible to conclude the absence of this "qualifying sticker" among other business who display it, means the business plans to discriminate? What if that weren't true?

If the Christian symbol really means that gays won't be served, then it is not really Christian, is it? If it simply means that the owner of the business believes in Christ, then it is just a symbol of his or her faith. Nothing wrong with that.
 
LOL

I love pronouncements like yours. "My points are so profound, if anyone of them apply to you, you're eliminated".

How obnoxious can one be?

So, from your lofty perch, anyone who displays a Christian symbol is anti-gay, or otherwise biased, and should be viewed as an enemy?

If that's not the case, why would a Christian symbol create fear and loathing in anyone? If owners are jerks, let their business fail, as it should.

On the other hand, wouldn't it be possible to conclude the absence of this "qualifying sticker" among other business who display it, means the business plans to discriminate? What if that weren't true?

I don't give a crap who puts up what symbols on their private property. And NEITHER DO YOU as long as it is Christian symbols.

Hypocrisy, served hot and fresh.
 
It just occurs to me that if some business didn't know about the little sign deal, and therefore didn't post a sign, customers may mistakenly believe they harbor some anti-gay sentiment.

We've entered a period in society where fascism needs to be pushed back against. In fact, I think we've gone quite a bit past the "entered a period" stage.

I personally can't imagine not accepting anyone's business, but I don't think I should have to prove it with a sign.

To me, it seems the concept of slippery slope has never been taught. History has provided overwhelming evidence that the concept is real, and destructive.

The sticker campaign has been all over the local (Mississippi) news stations, in the local newspapers, and has been in national media. For a local business owner to not know about it, they would have to be living under a rock.

You are not required to put up the sticker if you don't want to. So you're in the clear there.

This whole sticker campaign was started in response to the new law passed in MS that allows businesses to discriminate based on their "religious beliefs". Why shouldn't businesses be allowed to put up a sign that says "if you're buying we're selling"?
 
If the Christian symbol really means that gays won't be served, then it is not really Christian, is it? If it simply means that the owner of the business believes in Christ, then it is just a symbol of his or her faith. Nothing wrong with that.

Exactly. I agree.

My point in this matter relates to this "I don't discriminate" sticker because of what it represents.
 
Exactly. I agree.

My point in this matter relates to this "I don't discriminate" sticker because of what it represents.

It represents businesses that do not discriminate based on their "religious beliefs". Nothing wrong with that.
 
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