Why Do The Lgbt Lobby Unnecessarily Try To Create Offence?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4047750/This-blasphemous-attempt-rewrite-Christmas-story-Christian-campaign-group-slam-gay-tree-ornament-showing-nativity-scene-two-JOSEPHS.html

[hc4361]

Mohammed was born nearly 600 years after Jesus, so I don't think they met.

Jesus is a Muslim prophet.

[Peter Pedant]

oh I like the bit where all the animals in the manger genuflect to the little Baby Jesus at midnight

two Josephs - I suppose they distinguish each ogther with nicknames like Adam and Steve .....

[Peter Pedant]

Well in the spirit of the thread, if you gonna have a Mohd
then why not Dr Who and Queen Victoria ?

I quite like the timeless ness that such points who invoke

[naomi24]

Mamyalynne, //he thought people would see it as accepting difference throughout the human race and not condemnation. //

Did he? Oops!

hc4361, I know.

[Kromovaracun]

So some random artist from an area of the US with a very high gay population has created gay versions of the Christmas story to sell for a few bucks, the Catholic Church has stuck its nose in and proclaimed that it is offensive... and according to AOG, it is the "the LGBT lobby" which has unnecessarily created offence?

Which lobbying organisation does this artist belong to? The only one mentioned in your article, Stonewall, has declined to comment. Wisely, because it's a non-story about religious bigots yet again demanding that everyone celebrate Christmas the way they do.

[Mamyalynne]

Aye, you live and learn.

[naomi24]

It seems he has.

[jno]

ah yes, Christian Concern

[i]Tom Daley ‘is gay because his father died’[i]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/uk-evangelist-says-tom-daley-is-gay-because-his-father-died-9013365.html

[naomi24]

jno, how is that relevant to this thread?

[Kromovaracun]

It demonstrates the kind of group that "Christian Concern" are

[whiskeryron]

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2 josephs, bunch of shepherds, 3 wise men turn up. // And a parson in a blair tree

[Mamyalynne]

Christian Concern aren't 'The Catholic Church' - they do love a campaign though.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Concern

[naomi24]

Kromovaracun, ah, right.

[jno]

?? the story linked to is about Christian Concern. It is therefore useful to know their thinking.

[Kromovaracun]

Yeah, he'd be attacked and possibly killed.

What's your point? That he should be grateful that this particular brand of Christians aren't going to murder him for not following their particular faith?

Jog on.

[Kromovaracun]

"Take their faith seriously"

Ha! What a virtue.

Of course, this is entirely the artist's fault. These nice people are just "taking their religion seriously." It doesn't matter that he's not doing anything illegal, or harming anyone, or forcing anyone to buy his things. Hell, it doesn't even matter that not all Christians even see a problem with this. Not one bit. It just happens to have annoyed this particular group of Christians who are in a completely different part of the country - and that is all his fault.

What a load of rubbish.

[naomi24]

Krom to Divebuddy, //What's your point?//

The point is that a lot of people here are all too ready to condemn anyone who ridicules or criticises Islam but nevertheless find this acceptable – and even funny – even though it offends some Christians. I’m sure you see the inconsistency there? This is not about gays and their right to celebrate Christmas as they wish – it’s about offence being acceptable or otherwise – depending upon who’s offended.