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	<title>Comments on: I Love Church</title>
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		<title>By: Margaret</title>
		<link>http://notofmymaking.com/blog/2008/03/02/i-love-church/comment-page-1/#comment-612</link>
		<dc:creator>Margaret</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ibc, I wish to make two points. 

First, it would be intolerant and counterproductive to shun someone for expressing discomfort with having a black minister. Instead, a dialogue would be more appropriate. Martin Luther King Jr. on several occasions went and spoke with people you would consider bigots. Calling someone a bigot is using name calling to shut down discussion and does nothing to further your position. 

Second, race is a static physical trait that an individual is clearly born with. Homosexuality despite what you may have read is NOT genetically determined. Instead it is a sexual behavior that you can  choose to engage in or not. All of us get to choose who we want to sleep with and when.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ibc, I wish to make two points. </p>
<p>First, it would be intolerant and counterproductive to shun someone for expressing discomfort with having a black minister. Instead, a dialogue would be more appropriate. Martin Luther King Jr. on several occasions went and spoke with people you would consider bigots. Calling someone a bigot is using name calling to shut down discussion and does nothing to further your position. </p>
<p>Second, race is a static physical trait that an individual is clearly born with. Homosexuality despite what you may have read is NOT genetically determined. Instead it is a sexual behavior that you can  choose to engage in or not. All of us get to choose who we want to sleep with and when.</p>
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		<title>By: ibc</title>
		<link>http://notofmymaking.com/blog/2008/03/02/i-love-church/comment-page-1/#comment-611</link>
		<dc:creator>ibc</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In 1993 the UU congregation I belonged to called a &lt;b&gt;black man&lt;/b&gt; to be our minister. When I expressed some discomfort with the choice I was shunned and called a bigot. Disillusioned I left. UU’s weren’t as open and tolerant as I thought they were.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In 1993 the UU congregation I belonged to called a <b>black man</b> to be our minister. When I expressed some discomfort with the choice I was shunned and called a bigot. Disillusioned I left. UU’s weren’t as open and tolerant as I thought they were.</p>
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