05-21-2019, 04:23 PM
(05-21-2019, 01:03 PM)bfine32 Wrote:
If Pence kept his comments to Religious views then he, nor the administrators made it political; however, the ones that walked out did, because they disagree with his politics.
Well since Pence didn't then he was the one that made it political.
The controversy started before he arrived because some Christians at Taylor claimed that asking Pence to speak at commencement would make it seem that they endorsed the Trump/Pence policies that conflict with their Christian beliefs of love, forgiveness, and acceptance.
Pence endorses discrimination against the LGBTQ community. No Christian should be required to tacitly endorse a position like that.
If I had been a student I would have probably stayed. But no way would I sit up there as a staff member as a symbol of support for the school that invited him.
Pence is a perfect example of how some Christians are completely out of touch with reality. People would not hate on Christians if they did not use their beliefs to support discrimination against women, interracial couples, other religions, and the LGBTQ community. So while Pence is warning the kids about how it will be "tough to be a Christian" he is one of the ones making it tough by claiming Christians should have the right to discriminate against others based on their Christian beliefs.
Christian churches do a lot of good work, but they piss people off when they try to use their beliefs to justify controlling everyone else's behavior.
"Don't hate us just because our God is always right."
