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In reply to the discussion: My sexual orientation is being used as a political fucking football. 43 years of this crap. [View all]TrogL
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Scratch a homophobe, a racist, a misanthrope and underneath you'll find simplistic, black and white thinking. Left to their own resources, they'd probably be willing to go along with something straightforward like "born that way". Unfortunately fundamentalist religious leaders want their money (Prosperity Gospel, anybody) so they need to stir up the pot and need a demon (literally).
We're a relatively easy target to spot. The verses are already there in the Bible if taken out of context, so they're good to go.
I had the same sort of bullies growing up (unlikely we went to the same school) and come big events, they'd be the ones running around clutching Bibles. If they got in trouble with the police, next thing you know their Pastor would be on scene and everything would magically go away because they and the police were all in the same church.
The latest shot in the war is Uganda making homosexuality punishable by life in prison. Do your research to see who's behind that. US fundies. Same with Russia's laws. It's the same people.
And because of society's innate willing to trust religious people (which has taken a bit of beating over the last few years), they get away with out, over and over.
As if the KJV (or any other translation) Bible wasn't enough, they've decided to rewrite it in their own interpretation, abandoning all effort at scholarship. http://www.alternet.org/belief/right-wing-group-seeks-help-rewriting-bible-because-its-not-conservative-enough