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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1586177" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p>Op-ed writer Frank Bruni, onetime <em>Times</em> restaurant critic and a gay activist, has <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-same-sex-sinners.html" target="_blank">written</a> that Christians who hold on to “ossified,” biblically-based beliefs regarding sexual morality have no place at America’s table and are deserving of no particular regard.</p><p></p><p>In one fell swoop, Bruni trashes all believing Christians as “bigots,” saying that Christians’ negative moral assessment of homosexual relations is “a choice” that “prioritizes scattered passages of ancient texts over all that has been learned since — as if time had stood still, as if the advances of science and knowledge meant nothing.”</p><p></p><p>In other words, if you still cling to your benighted views and your “ancient texts,” you are living in the past and your views merit no respect.</p><p></p><p>Bruni’s solution to the impasse is not some sort of goodwill compromise or a treaty of mutual respect, but a take-no-prisoners ultimatum to Christians to abandon their beliefs or else. When Bruni says that Christians’ understanding of sexual morality is “a choice,” what he means is that there is a way out without completely losing face: just embrace the new morality preached by mainstream liberal churches that see nothing wrong with any sexual arrangement you are comfortable with. Then we will accept you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1586177, member: 12952"] Op-ed writer Frank Bruni, onetime [I]Times[/I] restaurant critic and a gay activist, has [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/05/opinion/sunday/frank-bruni-same-sex-sinners.html']written[/URL] that Christians who hold on to “ossified,” biblically-based beliefs regarding sexual morality have no place at America’s table and are deserving of no particular regard. In one fell swoop, Bruni trashes all believing Christians as “bigots,” saying that Christians’ negative moral assessment of homosexual relations is “a choice” that “prioritizes scattered passages of ancient texts over all that has been learned since — as if time had stood still, as if the advances of science and knowledge meant nothing.” In other words, if you still cling to your benighted views and your “ancient texts,” you are living in the past and your views merit no respect. Bruni’s solution to the impasse is not some sort of goodwill compromise or a treaty of mutual respect, but a take-no-prisoners ultimatum to Christians to abandon their beliefs or else. When Bruni says that Christians’ understanding of sexual morality is “a choice,” what he means is that there is a way out without completely losing face: just embrace the new morality preached by mainstream liberal churches that see nothing wrong with any sexual arrangement you are comfortable with. Then we will accept you. [/QUOTE]
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