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[fragmentedsky]

How could it be too much to hope for, that California of all states would help lead the way to tolerance just as we elected our first African-American president

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[phoenix_singing]

People, especially devout Christians, need to look past their personal feelings on the matter and realize that religious conviction =/= legal authority.

I'm incoherent because I've been in a boring training all day, but yeah. I'm a Christian, have been most of my life, will be for the rest of my life, I even went to Baptist schools most of my life (including college) - but I was blessed with teachers and professors who taught their students how to think. Not to blindly believe, but to think, to reason, to find our answers for ourselves.

I wish more Christians would do the same. :-/

[fragmentedsky]

Oh darling, they could all stand to learn more about their own so-called faith from you, since you apparently know what the word really means.

[phoenix_singing]

*^.^* ~hugs~

It actually occurred to me on the way home that I'm probably fairly unique in my views. More unique than I should be, certainly.

But in all honesty, it wasn't until I started voting that I made that realization. It was a big shift in my own thinking, and allowing yourself to change the way you think is hard, so a lot of people don't, unfortunately.

~ramble~ :]

[fragmentedsky]

The line between faith and choice is a fascinating one, because so many branches of faith tell you what to do and believe - that's part of why, as you know, I'm not a big personal advocate of it. But I can definately appreciate and applaud your position between the two, because as you said, once a belief (whether religious or otherwise) is ingrained, it's very hard to change, like an instinct.