Stacking the deck against Prop. 8

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by All-American

Why not? Goodness knows YOU were.

Admitted. Until I was 22 and had a few years of college and independence and developed an ethic of thinking for myself. What's the entire rest of Mormondom's excuse?

[All-American]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Admitted. Until I was 22 and had a few years of college and independence and developed an ethic of thinking for myself. What's the entire rest of Mormondom's excuse?

So if opposing gay marriage is analogous to supporting the priesthood ban, and people who oppose gay marriage are hateful, hubristic, and foolish bigots, and you supported the priesthood ban . . .

I'll grant you your status as having repented of hateful, hubristic, and foolish bigotry for the sake of the argument. But I should think you'd be somewhat more understanding of others who have followed your footsteps and fallen into the same trap.

[SeattleUte]

Originally Posted by All-American

So if opposing gay marriage is analogous to supporting the priesthood ban, and people who oppose gay marriage are hateful, hubristic, and foolish bigots, and you supported the priesthood ban . . .

I'll grant you your status as having repented of hateful, hubristic, and foolish bigotry for the sake of the argument. But I should think you'd be somewhat more understanding of others who have followed your footsteps and fallen into the same trap.

The should know better by age 22 or end of college.

[All-American]

Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The should know better by age 22 or end of college.

Ah, so ONLY if they followed your footsteps EXACTLY are they blameless.

The real crime, then, seems not to be that of having believed or followed bigoted tendencies, so long as they did so only within the time frame allowed by your example. They are culpable from the moment they strayed from the trail you blazed and dared to think differently than you.