Hate groups look to expand in Boston

ledjes said:
a church's refusal to condone specific secular practices
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A church can rail against all the secular practices it wants to, whether it's gay marriage or reality television. But the point should be to enrich its membership and "elevate" them above the secular practices they condemn.

That's where, in my mind, "refusal to condone specific secular practices" needs to stop. The minute it spills over into a negative form of advocacy, especially one which advocates stripping away existing rights granted by the secular domain - that's when we have a problem. And it may not be a constitutional problem, since I agree that first amendment rights would largely cover them. But it's a problem nonetheless.
 
Shepard said:
A church can rail against all the secular practices it wants to, whether it's gay marriage or reality television. But the point should be to enrich its membership and "elevate" them above the secular practices they condemn.
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Yes, absolutely!

AND...a church is in the business of saving souls. Jesus welcomed Mary Magdalene into His flock, but by no means did He then say to her "go ahead...hit those streets again; just do it with love this time." Not only is it a church's right to refuse to condone behavior that is injurious to the soul, it is their obligation...and then to forgive and to elevate - also their obligations. "Hate" is nowhere in this equation.
 
Jesus welcomed Mary Magdalene into His flock, but by no means did He then say to her "go ahead...hit those streets again; just do it with love this time."
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Right, but what if I'm not asking to be brought into the flock as defined by Church Leon de Juda?
 
Nor am I, but I will gladly defend their right to preach.
 
First of all, "preaching" is different from pushing rights-denying legislation that targets a vulnerable minority.

Second of all, this IS a hate group. Why? Because if they were really interested in reaching out to the gay community and "saving souls" etc, their "preaching" would take a very different tone. That's because they would be preaching TO them - a task which might require some understanding and just a little dose of love. Instead, this group preaches AGAINST them - a task which involves condemnaton, willful ignorance, and no small dose of hatred.
 
I've moved the thread since it really doesn't pertain directly to development and will no doubt get heated.
 
I don't know. Expansion of the hate industry might be one of the few new growth opportunities being discussed on the board.
 
Miranda is no longer looking to build over and under public property
 
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