How does this happen? Chick-fil-A branded as anti-gay?

[Kidlicious]

But if there have been plenty of times in the past where someone could reasonably believe the end was coming, what makes this time so special? Seems like the odds are against it.

It's just a feeling.

[Al B. Sure!]

I want to know if God still commands people to kill? Or could he in the future? Is it possible? And how would we know?

[Kidlicious]

I want to know if God still commands people to kill? Or could he in the future? Is it possible? And how would we know?

God doesn't speak to people and tell them to kill. You have to know in your heart whether it's right or not. Of course some will disobey God and say God told them to do it.

[Al B. Sure!]

God doesn't speak to people and tell them to kill. You have to know in your heart whether it's right or not. Of course some will disobey God and say God told them to do it.

Would a Christian jury convict in good conscience a man who insisted God commanded him to kill?

[Kidlicious]

Would a Christian jury convict in good conscience a man who insisted God commanded him to kill?

A christian should rebuke someone who claims that God told them to kill someone, but that still leaves the decision to the individual.

[kentonio]

What is meant by, "and a further £60 million is recovered from the Inland Revenue in tax"?

Not completely sure. I just did a bit more digging and it appears that gifts donated by people to the churches are considered tax exempt but only charities are treated as tax exempt organizations..

To be a charity an organisation must have purposes all of which are exclusively charitable; a charity cannot have some purposes which are charitable and others which are not. A purpose is the overall goal of a charity. It is what a charity aims to achieve from the work that it does. A charity purposes are usually set out in its governing document as the objects clause

This is way outside my field though, so I could be dead wrong about it. /googlewarrior

[Kidlicious]

Non-profit entities do not pay tax. Only profit is taxed.

[kentonio]

We're talking about the UK, Kid.

[rah]

I think every business in Texas should refuse service to deaf people so Ben can be reminded every day how hurtful his beliefs are.

[Ben Kenobi]

I think every business in Texas should refuse service to deaf people so Ben can be reminded every day how hurtful his beliefs are.

I invite Mr. Fun, if he thinks my life is a bed of roses to trade places. Perhaps then he and you would get a taste of the real world.

Let me ask you funyun - were you barred from entering public school?

[Al B. Sure!]

I invite Mr. Fun, if he thinks my life is a bed of roses to trade places. Perhaps then he and you would get a taste of the real world.

Let me ask you funyun - were you barred from entering public school?

Shut the hell up. Being gay in bumble**** Iowa has got to be tough. I'm sure things are a lot better now than 20-30 years ago, but there is still so much sickening prejudice against gays. No one's telling you that deaf people are sick perverts who are going to hell.

[regexcellent]

I go to a university which is home to the National Technical Institute of the Deaf. Somewhere between 8-10% of the students are deaf or hard of hearing.

Deaf people have it worse than gay people. That is just a fact. Saying gay people have it harder than people who cannot hear is unbelievably retarded.

[regexcellent]

Addendum: I doubt that in all of human history gay people have been worse off than deaf people at any point.

[giblets]

I go to a university which is home to the National Technical Institute of the Deaf. Somewhere between 8-10% of the students are deaf or hard of hearing.

Deaf people have it worse than gay people. That is just a fact. Saying gay people have it harder than people who cannot hear is unbelievably retarded.

Maybe, but someone who would argue that the social prejudice against deaf people is worse is unbelievably retarded.

[regexcellent]

I think every business in Texas should refuse service to deaf people so Ben can be reminded every day how hurtful his beliefs are.

Lots of places effectively don't serve deaf people, or serve them poorly, because of the issue of communication. Rochester has a very large deaf population, so a lot of businesses have things like dual typewriters so deaf people can communicate with the clerks. But in most places it can be very difficult. Gay people don't have problems driving where they can't hear sirens or horns. Gay people don't have issues with getting blindsided by buses when crossing the street. Gay people don't have issues simply communicating with the vast majority of the population.