My basic feeling is that this is a subject I would like to stay away from, but what the hey. 

I remember when the vote about gay marriage took place in California. Beforehand there were religious groups standing on the street with signs saying that people should vote against gay marriage. They contended that Gay marriage ruins the sanctity of marriage. Why the same groups didn't protest against domestic violence, infidelity and divorce, things that actually do ruin the sanctity of marriage, is hard to say with one statement.

I found it annoying that with all the important issues and problems that exist within this World, it wasn’t until the issue of Gay marriage came up that these people took the time to demonstrate.

Because of a few passages that exist within the Bible they might claim that they are following God’s law. For example, Moses spoke against homosexuality. He also said that women are impure for four weeks after giving birth to a boy, and eight weeks after giving birth to a girl, and that women should be kept isolated from others after they give birth and that animals should be sacrificed in order for a lady to become pure again.

Paul is another person that reportedly spoke against gay marriage. He also said that women should be subservient to men because after all, Eve ate the apple.  He said that women should keep their heads covered.

If you did a statistical study you would probably find that most of the people who speak against gay marriage probably don’t follow the above protocols (thank goodness). Perhaps they find it easier to follow the rules when doing so is a matter of poking their nose into the business of others, rather than focusing on themselves.

As far as I’m concerned it is quite arrogant for people to contend that they have the right to tell two consenting adults of the same sex whether they can love each other and get married.

People who approved of what the protesters were doing honked their horns, and the protesters responded with smiles and cheers. I got the impression that they really believed they were doing something special and serving God.

I got annoyed with them and yelled, “Jesus said to love your neighbors as yourself, is this what you are doing you hypocrites.” It really bugged me that they acted as if they were representing God, when such an unloving and repressive attitude towards gay people is not God-like.

Nevertheless, I understand why they acted as they do. They are controlled by fear-based churches. That heaven and hell reward and punishment business has been programmed into them so much that they are afraid to open mindedly and open heartedly consider the gay marriage issue. To some extent they try to feel good about themselves by judging others such as gay people to be sinners.

In the United States, Republicans take advantage of the above by getting a lot of Christians to vote for Republican candidates rather than gay marriage supporting Democrats. To be fair, some Democratic leaders have their own forms of manipulation.

I believe it is accurate to say that a lot of people get turned off by the forms of Christianity that focus on the supposed sin of homosexuality, because they decide to give love first place rather than self-concerned fear. The more a person makes his (or her) love conditional in such a way, the more he doesn’t live according to love.
 
It could be that people who give love first place rather than self-serving fear, are also more loving in other areas of life. For example, the Syrian refuge problem that is going on. The question of whether the United States should provide more support has come up. Which party do you suppose it speaking against such support for selfish fear-based reasons? Certainly such an approach isn’t in line with loving your neighbor as yourself. I wonder how many homosexuality opposed Christians will support the politicians that don’t want to help out Syrian refugees.

To be fair, I’ll say something against Democrats. In California Democratic politicians wanted to make inoculations mandatory. I don’t get this. If the child of Couple A gets inoculated so he won’t catch a disease caused by a particular virus, how will a kid that hasn’t been inoculated and is infected with such virus, cause the inoculated kid to become sick? Doesn't the innoculation provide protection?

Holistically well said Albert.  Don't have much to add except that while a lot of right wing, conservative types are more towards the fundamental religious, not all are, and some aren't religious or spiritual at all.

  And some are only on the surface.

Also, i don't meant to speak in a binary, Democrat vs Republican American sense either.  When i say liberal and progressive, i'm speaking more broadly and generally, and same when i say right wing and conservative. 

  There are those who are just more so fiscally conservative, but otherwise more laid back and moderate. But that's why i tend to use the two terms together to differentiate. 

  Perhaps when people are forced to work together for survival, from circumstances beyond human control, some people on both sides, but especially more so the conservative and right wing, will begin to look past these petty differences and false separations?

  Reminds me of the conversation between He/She and Bob Monroe about the future of humanity, and a plan to unite same not involving any isms or typical human means.   



   

This relates to the Syrian refuge issue I mentioned.

A lady camera women who works for a right wing television station kicked a child refugee and tripped an old man who was carrying a child, while they were trying to escape from Syria. I don't believe this is an example of compassion.


http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/hungarian-camerawoman-trips-refugees-1.3220051

It's like watching hordes of people being round up for merely wanting to be free to read stuff by Robert Bruce.

Seriously though, that female tripping the old man and the male child shows the true nature of females, she just has to break their balls for no apparent reason. She also kicks another female which goes to show women are their own worst enemies.

Don't worry, the joke is on me, I (God) let all of this happen.

At the end of the day, the growing polarization remains a mystery.

Here's another article, there are lots of articles.

It is inspiring to see some people help others.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/germany/11847545/Migrant-crisis...