You are probably right !!!!!!!!!!

Jesus was a Jew, but he spoke of the Synagogue of Satan, and had nothing but contempt for the temple money changers, scribes, and pharisees.

I am sure if Jesus was here today in human form, he would absolutely freak out if he watched some of the TV evangelists begging for money.

Go direct "to the Man"

Pray direct to GOD, and give the organized churches a big miss IMHO.

Come on this is absolutely ridiculous. Really now? How can people think something like this is right and not be emabaressed of themselves for it. Its a shame their really is people like this who think these things these days. We should have came farther than this as a human race and we just keep taking steps backward.

Im not christian but this does make sense to me. Their church does not approve of homosexuals so they do not let them work there. If you were gay why would you want to work for a group that detests you? It is like a conflict of interest. Starbucks will not employ you if they find out you are also working at a local coffee place.
If you want to fight for your rights you should pick your battles.
The whole thing is kinda funny. When any public official in america makes any reference to God people scream about the "seperation of church and state". When the church does something does what it wants its "someone should stope them that's illegal". You really can't have it both ways.

Originally posted by TheRedneck

Saying that he stinks for lack of hygiene is a senseless argument as he could simply take a bath.

I didn't realise it was that easy to get a job, I'm used to living in a dog eat dog world, seems you are having a different experience. There are lots of people with marketable skills that live as bums, infact we recently helped a "bum" that lost his legs to get a job as a security guard. He now monitors surveilance cameras in a security complex.

You do realise that you are comparing christians to bums right??

Are bums the only drunks on the planet, I thought that by hiring any person you would be taking a gamble on some level or another. Do you just ask people straight up if they are drunk during interviews, or whether they steal...off course not!

I haven't stated anything, I merely pointed out that there should equal rights.

I suppose a gay, one legged tranny with 6 kids, single parent with a taste for vicars is out the quetion then?

And here "she" is, comming to a baptist church near you x



Im off to work!!

As a life-long church goer myself I can understand why churches would not wish to hire gays. As for single mothers... it would depend on the situation. If the woman is just a "baby momma" and has never been married and is not interested in doing so then the church should have the right not to hire her. If the woman had been married and due to circumstances beyond her control is no longer married, then she should be given equal opportunity as any other person.

Ya know, it's funny. When a public school dares to call the CHRISTMAS holidays by their true name, the ACLU throws a fit and starts screaming. BUT when a church exercises it's right to separation of church and state... we get topics like this.

Please explain to me why a church should be forced to hire someone that, by the very life they live, goes against what the church stands for.
No organization in any media would hire someone that would make their company look bad. In the job world you have to dress a certain way and conduct yourself as if you know what manners are.

The church employment world is no different. If I knew that a church I was interested in attending had, for instance, a gay secretary or a gay pastor, I would not go there. (And no, I am not being homophobic, I simply view homosexuality as a sin. No one that proudly sins should be staff of a church. This covers all sins. The staff of a church should appear to be blameless.)

The church should have the right to set their own by-laws and to not employ someone that does not meet the standards of employment.

By the by... my Mother is a church secretary at my childhood home-church. I know what I am talking about here...

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