{"id":1347,"date":"2007-02-14T10:21:38","date_gmt":"2007-02-14T15:21:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/diversify-toleration\/"},"modified":"2007-02-14T18:22:01","modified_gmt":"2007-02-14T23:22:01","slug":"diversify-toleration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/diversify-toleration","title":{"rendered":"Diversify toleration!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neat editorial by Chris Broussard at ESPN, regarding gay players in the NBA<\/a>. He believes the league is “ready” for them, while also contending that homoesexuality’s a sin.<\/p>\n

I’m a born-again, Bible-believing Christian (no, I’m not a member of the Religious Right). And I’m against homosexuality (I believe it’s a sin) and same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n

But before you label me “homophobic,” know that I’m against any type of sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman. That includes heterosexual fornication (premarital sex).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole thing<\/a>, because he brings up some interesting points about tolerance being a two-way street (as it were). And as long as you can ball (as it were), there’s room for you in Broussard’s rec-league.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Neat editorial by Chris Broussard at ESPN, regarding gay players in the NBA. He believes the league is “ready” for them, while also contending that homoesexuality’s a sin. I’m a born-again, Bible-believing Christian (no, I’m not a member of the Religious Right). And I’m against homosexuality (I believe it’s a sin) and same-sex marriage. But … <\/p>\n

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