benelsmore wrote:sydneyfc1987 wrote:u4486662 wrote:sydneyfc1987 wrote:u4486662 wrote:sydneyfc1987 wrote:433 wrote:Joffa wrote:
While she said she understood “their culture” she worried it would put other girls off playing sports.
That's the problem here. Even though their culture is clearly misogynistic, you can't criticise it with fear of sound "racist". Any issue related to islam, such as this one, turns left-leaning people into narrow-minded conservatives. Here's a hypothetical for everyone. What happens if gay marriage is legalized and two gay muslim men wish to get married in a mosque and the mosque refuses? Will we see Sarah Hansen-young on TV berating the said as bigoted? The legalisation of gay marriage will only legalise secular marriages. There will be no obligation of any religion to marry members of the same sex. For the same reason that two Catholics can't get married in a mosque. There is no legal obligation necessarily but that hasn't stopped Christian churches in countries that have legalised SSM from coming under fire from various groups when they have refused to marry same-sex couples. The point i'm trying to make is would these groups react in the same fashion towards any sheik or mosque that would refuse to marry a muslim same sex couple? Highly doubt they would. I have no problem with a religion refusing to marry anyone they don't want to. ](*,) Neither do I. My point was simply about the hypocrisy of many liberals/left who are so quick to judge Judaism and Christianity yet hold a view that every stance held by Islam has to be respected otherwise you're a bigot/racist. How do you not see that is the point I'm trying to get across? You have a valid point. People are afraid of copping being called racist or an islamaphobe. I encourage criticism of religion. It is a system that is there to be criticised. If they want to be public enterprises they need to cop the flak that comes with it. ...and you're one of them afraid because you dont even single out criticism of islam, you prefer to say 'religion'. Christianity is criticised on a daily basis as it is, it has for centuries and Christians cop it. It doesnt require your encouragement or endorsement or validation. Edited by ricecrackers: 2/6/2015 02:06:39 PM
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