Comment by nekusar

Personal choices:

"I don't eat meat."

"I won't have an abortion."

"I pray 5x a day."

"I won't be homosexual."

Versus religious coersion of:

"You cannot eat meat."

"You cannot have an abortion."

"You must pray 5x a day."

"You cannot be homosexual."

Religious types are never happy in doing only what they say and believe - they want to force these views on others, whether they like it or not. I've seen what religious imperialism does. These choices are not personal and will never be personal.

Worse yet, when you allow SOME types of hate (against women and against homosexuals), it opens the door for other hate. This is Catholic teachings, so are non-Catholics welcome? How about Jews? Moslems? How about pagans and witches? Are bisexuals welcome, since they are half-homosexual?

When you refuse to draw the line at hate, but draw it where you find it convenient, you leave the door open for hate to sneak in everywhere, under the guise of tolerating intolerance.

I put my foot down at any form of hate. Attending, paying, or otherwise supporting this event is tacit acceptance that his form of hate is acceptable.