
On Fri, November 7, 2014 5:38 pm, Michael Scott wrote:
The Nazis were in fact called a "Socialist" party.
I would be very surprised if anyone here doesn't already know that, given that it is an abbreviation for "National Socialist". The full name of the party was the National Socialist German Workers' Party. They were right-wing anti-democratic collectivists. BTW, I like to use the term "left" and "right" in terms of what it actually means politically; that is, a relationship towards modern versus traditional societal structures and norms. Both are capable of being liberal, democratic, authoritarian, or dictatorial.
I will repeat, as a Christian, I cannot support same sex marriage.
Then don't have one. And if your church doesn't want one, then they shouldn't have to conduct one either. There are plenty of Christians who *do* want to support same-sex marriage. I can rattle off a list of 20 ministers that I know of from the top of my head who are eagerly waiting for the opportunity to conduct such ceremonies. So "as a Christian" is not a legitimate claim. Because there is no determining factor in Christianity whether it is right or wrong. Even if it is, there is also the matter of secularism. A *secular* Christian would be one who may thoroughly disapprove of various practises as against their denomination, but by the same token also supports a strong separation of church and state. I've encountered many Baptists are particularly like this; personally very conservative, but politically very secular. -- Lev Lafayette, BA (Hons), GradCertTerAdEd (Murdoch), GradCertPM, MBA (Tech Mngmnt) (Chifley) mobile: 0432 255 208 RFC 1855 Netiquette Guidelines http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt