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Rather than speaking in generalities, can you specify particular political positions that you feel have been forced upon you?

AnimalMuppet 8y ago
I'm not the one you're asking, but... I'm a conservative Christian. I believe that homosexuality is a sin. The one co-worker who I knew was gay, I told him that straight out. I also continued to work with him, and kept him as my friend. (Lots of my friends are sinners. For that matter, so am I.) I continued to be someone he felt he could confide in - he'd come talk to me when he needed to gripe, because he knew he could tell me sensitive stuff and I wouldn't burn him with it. Now here comes company diversity training. It includes LGBTQ stuff. If it says "treat people professionally; whether they are LGBTQ or not is not something that affects how you treat people in the office", well, I'm fine with that. It's what I do anyway. But if the diversity training moves on to "you should have a positive view of gay marriage" or some such, well, that's forcing a political position on me. Note well: I have never experienced that. But I think I've heard of such things happening (and no, I can't document even hearing it).
- mike10010100 8y ago
  > But if the diversity training moves on to "you should have a positive view of gay marriage" or some such So, again, the concern is of a hypothetical nature.
- wavefunction 8y ago
  Sin is not for you to judge though. That is for your G-d alone if you follow your scripture as I assume you assume you do. "He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored." Mark 3:5
  - AnimalMuppet 8y ago
    I don't think that verse proves the point you're trying to make. But yes, God is the judge. I'm not. But God has called something sin, I can safely rely on His judgment.
  - dta5003 8y ago
    He's not judging though. Judging someone and knowing how the god you believe in judges something are two different things, and it's not really fair to conflate them. His interactions with his coworker illustrate this pretty well. Isn't that all we can ask of someone with a different view?

AnimalMuppet 8y ago

I'm not the one you're asking, but... I'm a conservative Christian. I believe that homosexuality is a sin. The one co-worker who I knew was gay, I told him that straight out. I also continued to work with him, and kept him as my friend. (Lots of my friends are sinners. For that matter, so am I.) I continued to be someone he felt he could confide in - he'd come talk to me when he needed to gripe, because he knew he could tell me sensitive stuff and I wouldn't burn him with it. Now here comes company diversity training. It includes LGBTQ stuff. If it says "treat people professionally; whether they are LGBTQ or not is not something that affects how you treat people in the office", well, I'm fine with that. It's what I do anyway. But if the diversity training moves on to "you should have a positive view of gay marriage" or some such, well, that's forcing a political position on me. Note well: I have never experienced that. But I think I've heard of such things happening (and no, I can't document even hearing it).

mike10010100 8y ago
> But if the diversity training moves on to "you should have a positive view of gay marriage" or some such So, again, the concern is of a hypothetical nature.
wavefunction 8y ago
Sin is not for you to judge though. That is for your G-d alone if you follow your scripture as I assume you assume you do. "He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their stubborn hearts, said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” He stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored." Mark 3:5
- AnimalMuppet 8y ago
  I don't think that verse proves the point you're trying to make. But yes, God is the judge. I'm not. But God has called something sin, I can safely rely on His judgment.
- dta5003 8y ago
  He's not judging though. Judging someone and knowing how the god you believe in judges something are two different things, and it's not really fair to conflate them. His interactions with his coworker illustrate this pretty well. Isn't that all we can ask of someone with a different view?