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**diegogo** · 10-06-2011, 03:11 AM

Pursuit of accuracy, not really harping. Your last part is correct “at least as far as America is concerned.” As I stated, because the overwhelming majority of Americans are Christian.

Are we speaking of religious groups officially or individuals of a particular faith? If it is individuals of a particular faith, see my earlier remarks regarding numbers. If we are speaking of groups, not so much. The official Muslim groups condemn the practice. Jewish groups are of mixed opinions, divided along the lines they most often are (conservative, orthodox, reform and Reconstructionist. Christian groups are divided as well.

Your claim is not backed, actually contradicted, by your own link. With the exception of Orthodox (Conservative) Jews, they seem to be in general agreement that it is up to the individual rabbi to make the decision whether or not to wed a couple.

With Islam, your link doesn't discuss American Muslims at all, but judging from the source cited here:
http://www.irfi.org/articles/article...marriage_i.htm

The writer of this, a Muslim, seems to have a pretty neutral viewpoint, or at least presented the issue of gay marriage in a neutral fashion. To be honest, that's more than I've ever seen a Christian do.

Zionism is more of a political movement than a religious one but I think I get your meaning. Speaking of Israel, you can’t even marry there unless you are Jewish. That is to say, a Jew can’t marry anyone but a Jew. You're right that not all Jews living in Israel are Zionists (Hence the reason I said "Zionists", specifically)
There are an estimated 300 thousand American Jews who live at least part of the year in Israel. In America Jews are usually liberal. Not true in Israel. Your sentence contradicts itself, so clearly you are either mistaken, or are missing a factor.

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That has got to be a pretty rare event. In fact I can only readily find two instances in the media (2002 in NM and 2003 in MI). Wouldn’t surprise me if more had occurred.

Tip of the iceberg. While you're correct the Christian Taliban RARELY go so far as to burn Harry Potter, many of them hate it for the reasons cited. Also bear in mind it is difficult to get permission from the city (Feminists trying to burn their bras had the same problem), generally not worth the hassle unless you're a truly hardcore believer.

I believe there have been cases of bestiality in the US too but I am not about to cite that US citizens like to bang sheep. Only the ones who live in the South or the Midwest.

Republicans fear homosexuals... yet many of them are closet gays. Using the same logic, Republicans fear beastiality...

Puts things in context next time you hear a Republican say "We let fags marry, next step is to let people and animals marry..." For Christ's sake the guy is probably screwing his sheep, but is ashamed of it.

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diegogo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	Pursuit of accuracy, not really harping. Your last part is correct “at least as far as America is concerned.” As I stated, because the overwhelming majority of Americans are Christian. Are we speaking of religious groups officially or individuals of a particular faith? If it is individuals of a particular faith, see my earlier remarks regarding numbers. If we are speaking of groups, not so much. The official Muslim groups condemn the practice. Jewish groups are of mixed opinions, divided along the lines they most often are (conservative, orthodox, reform and Reconstructionist. Christian groups are divided as well. Your claim is not backed, actually contradicted, by your own link. With the exception of Orthodox (Conservative) Jews, they seem to be in general agreement that it is up to the individual rabbi to make the decision whether or not to wed a couple. With Islam, your link doesn't discuss American Muslims at all, but judging from the source cited here: http://www.irfi.org/articles/article...marriage_i.htm The writer of this, a Muslim, seems to have a pretty neutral viewpoint, or at least presented the issue of gay marriage in a neutral fashion. To be honest, that's more than I've ever seen a Christian do. Zionism is more of a political movement than a religious one but I think I get your meaning. Speaking of Israel, you can’t even marry there unless you are Jewish. That is to say, a Jew can’t marry anyone but a Jew. You're right that not all Jews living in Israel are Zionists (Hence the reason I said "Zionists", specifically) There are an estimated 300 thousand American Jews who live at least part of the year in Israel. In America Jews are usually liberal. Not true in Israel. Your sentence contradicts itself, so clearly you are either mistaken, or are missing a factor. [QUOTE] That has got to be a pretty rare event. In fact I can only readily find two instances in the media (2002 in NM and 2003 in MI). Wouldn’t surprise me if more had occurred. Tip of the iceberg. While you're correct the Christian Taliban RARELY go so far as to burn Harry Potter, many of them hate it for the reasons cited. Also bear in mind it is difficult to get permission from the city (Feminists trying to burn their bras had the same problem), generally not worth the hassle unless you're a truly hardcore believer. I believe there have been cases of bestiality in the US too but I am not about to cite that US citizens like to bang sheep. Only the ones who live in the South or the Midwest. Republicans fear homosexuals... yet many of them are closet gays. Using the same logic, Republicans fear beastiality... Puts things in context next time you hear a Republican say "We let fags marry, next step is to let people and animals marry..." For Christ's sake the guy is probably screwing his sheep, but is ashamed of it.
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