#rrfa

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Artist: @mondains-pigeons (reposted with permission as the original was removed during the great tumblr purge of 2017)

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Si mayor es el proceso, más grande será el resultado a tu favor.

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Artist: Antistatic (please do not remove)

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Mike Huckabee Thinks Jesus is GAY!

Mike Huckabee, a Pastor and former Governor of Arkansas, believes that Lgbt people should be treated as less than everyone else. 

Jesus said; “Whatsoever you do unto the least of my brothers, you do unto me.”

Therefore, Mike Huckabee thinks Jesus is gay!

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"When I listen to outcry surrounding Indiana’s new law, I hear frustration with us, Christians. The outcry is about the law, it’s about us. It’s a fear that we will discriminate. And it is a fear based on a history that, whether we like it or not, is ours. We have, in no shortage of ways, broken relationships with the LGBTQ community. We have expelled our sons and daughters. We have protested them. We blamed them for the ills of society like a scapegoat. And no matter what we believe about same-sex marriage, that is wrong. Because of that, restoring relationship and trust with the LGBTQ community is on us. Even if you disagree with all I said above, restoring the relationship is on us because we are called as followers of Jesus to be ministers of reconciliation. "For many Christians, homosexuality and same-sex marriage is a moral issue. But in the eyes of society, the morality of monogamous same-sex marriage has already been decided. It’s over. The morality that matters to culture and society now is the treatment of LGBTQ individuals. If non-affirming Christians are going to continue to try and convince culture that same-sex marriage is immoral we will find ourselves at a moral impasse. Perhaps we already have. But I wonder if beating the drum of morality is the best way to communicate the gospel and live out the gospel? You see, the question now being asked of Christians is, “Will you treat us as human beings?” That’s what behind wanting a cake for a same-sex wedding. Or photographs. It isn’t shoving a lifestyle down people’s throats. It’s simply a desire to be seen as human. To be treated as human. To enjoy life as we all want to enjoy life." Nate Pyle is a pastor in Indiana, and his take on the RRFA is incredibly refreshing to read. Coming from an admittedly conservative pastor, it's perhaps even surprising. The whole post is worth a read: http://natepyle.com/outrage-over-rfra-is-about-christians/#sthash.YqwKMPpf.3bEZP597.dpuf

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Indiana's Religous Freedom Act: discrimination?

I don't normally post much original content, but this is something I've heard about and read a few articles on, so I posted my wordy (and rambling) interpretation of the information. Now most of you have heard about Indiana's newest law, and after reading the law and a few articles on the subject, as well as watching an interview with the governor of idiana, I'm going to try to explain if the law is inherently discriminatory towards the LGBT community. Now the law states, as I understand it, in the most basic of terms, that you cannot be forced to violate your religious beliefs by someone else. Is this inherently bad? That depends on how you define the violation of your religious beliefs. If you were to say that your religion states that homosexuality is a sin and that you cannot support it, the law could be used to ban service to homosexuals. This could be very easily fixed by adding a clause to the law that would allow sexual orientation to also be protected. This was mentioned during an interview with Indiana governor Mike Pence, who said he would not change the law. When asked repeatedly if the law would allow discrimination of the gay community the governor would (or could) not provide a simple yes or no answer. The web address at the bottom of this post should lead to a video of the interview, and a simple Google search will bring up the interview. Now, is the law discriminatory? My answer is that it is INTENDED to be discriminitory. My answer stems mostly from Mike Pence's interview. Rather than directly state whether or not the law was discriminatory, Pence chose to avoid the question, which was asked several times. When an addition was mentioned during the interview to protect the LGBT community from discrimination, the governor said he would not change the law. To me, this indicates that the governor has the intent to use this law against the LGBT community. This intent makes the law discriminitory. Now, if the governor did NOT intend the law to be discriminatory, than an additional clause clarifying that the practice of religion meant that service could not be refused under the basis of sexuality needs to be added. Now, I will add that I am not an expert on law, religion, or really anything. This is my understanding and opinion of this law. I would ask that you are respectful of that and if you have questions or disagreements, do your own research and study the information and draw your own conclusions. http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/gov-mike-pence-religious-freedom-law-29987447