I do and I probably even know the point you're trying to make from a Christian perspective, hence why I highlight consensuality from all parts: the priests shouldn't be forced to comply. But if we're going down the road of the purpose of marriage, most heterosexuals are watering out the true meaning and purpose of marriage as well.

There are civil weddings as well, that would grant everybody the same legal rights without watering out religion.

You can reply if you want to him but please don't encourage such behavior if possible.

"Great riposte, that way we can justify the state meddling in every private matter there is."

And still you continue.

This thread is a troll you doofus.

I know, culture wars, lobbyism, slippery slope, Overton window and so on. It's part of the bigger picture from a right-wing perspective. Keep the left from pushing their agenda and moving the goal posts.

Am I wrong?

Yes... wtf are you on about?

Are politics allowed here or not? 'Cause I thought it was not... yet this... fellow... keeps skirting the rules and bringing crap into these threads under the guise of 'good news everybody!' etc.

That tends to be the standard right-wing talking points to justify insensible laws. There are however some variations depending on what flavor of right-wing politics people prefer, but most just repeat the same old.

Oh well, I'm out if this discussion with respect for the forum rules.

Take a look at your own behavior please.

Civil marriage is by definition linked to the state, the alternatives would be religious marriage or getting completely rid of marriage.
Your argument of "The state has no business in private affairs" works for laws against homosexuality, but doesn't work at all for marriage which is about legal recognition of a relationship by the state, and the benefits this entails like tax privileges.

Not just right-wing slow poke.

Well, looks like exactly what I was trying to stop is starting to kick-off.

Your proof?

FWIW it wasn't intended to be but if you feel it's ok to mess with threads of those you dislike then by all means continue.....:\

Where did I skirt the rules? Show me examples. And no, the OP post isn't a good one just because it talks about freedom of speech(freedom of speech can be talked about without delving into politics).

If you truly think me a troll/bad person then lead by example and stop trying to get threads locked/derailed.

You know the rules, you keep breaking them.

I'm about done. Personally I've actually liked how GOG has been moving the forums away from politics.

Apparently that isn't the case anymore though.

Did you manage to get to 10 posts before you brought abortion into this discussion?

You know what you're doing... and if you don't... you've got issues.
Please show me where I've either attempted to get this thread locked or derailed it!?

OR ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO RESPOND TO POSTS?

A post which happened to be POLITICAL?

And now I've shown what happens... ARGUMENTS OVER IDEOLOGY.

Do you SEE THE PROBLEM HERE?

Again, where is the proof I broke the rules? Do you mean the badly defined/vague rule on politics? That likely means gov't related politics NOT social/identity politics or commenting on current events that have various political 'stances'......but who knows which of us is right as GOG made that rule unintentionally vague as hell.

So until they clarify it/etc we don;t know who is right, and to say i'm breaking rules based on rules that are vague at best without concrete proof and well defined rules(on such topics) is subjective at best.

Also my threads are in general in FULL VIEW of staff....if they were rule breaking wouldn't they be locked by now? Or do you think there's some sort of conspiracy going on between me and the staff? Because right now with the threads being allowed it;s either one of two things...A: The threads and posts don't break the rules & you/others are wrong, or B: Staff are in on it(which staff can verify isn't the case).

=============================
Abortion talk isn't against the rules and isn't politics....though parties do have stances on it

Also what issues do I have to talk about such issues? Others have mentioned abortion here as well, btw, and no one pesters them for it.

============================

<span class="bold">This post made me think you were trying to derail/mock others...if this wasn't your intent I apologize.....I have been on edge lately with what I have been hearing through the grapevine about certain users and this has made me more cautious.

BTW again current events/hot topics does not always=political, although I guess some might find it that way due to their interpretations of such.

And yes, some might argue but that is never my intent and when serious fights break out I ask those doing such to calm down/stop and if they don't(in the worst cases) I report them to keep the threads civil and on track.

But how can I do that as fully as possible when some(not you perse) come in and try to derail and post joke posts/cals for threads to be closed just to start with those posting here?
---------------------------------------
In the end(fwiw) I post threads here on current events that I feel don't go against the basic politics rule and are worthy of discussion. To get people's attention I sometimes use eye catching titles, but I never do such to troll/bother anyone intentionally. I keep my topics to my threads for the most part and out of other threads to be fair and repectful to others, and I wish many would do the same in kind.

Heck, I made a SCIENCE/PARANORMAL thread(no politics of any kind) and some still tried derailing it just because I made it. Is that fair?

*Now back ontopic*

In an effort to get this back on topic, yesterday we rescued an orphaned baby squirrel.

He's not really happy, but he's eating a lot and hopefully, once he gets a little bigger, and able to defend himself, we can let him back out into the wild. :D

That sounds so heartwarming(and thanks for bringing this back on track). :)


My dad/family had a "pet" squirrel once at our old home long ago....it would take peanuts/etc from my dad all the time...first just where he left them and then the squirrel would come right up and take them from him.

It was one of my more cherished memories from those times.