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HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,862
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Christian couple ban gay man and his ITV producer partner from buying their dream £650,000 Surrey home due to their sexuality - and quote the bible that homosexuality is a sin



Luke Whitehouse,34, and his partner of eight years Lachlan Mantell, 37 (pictured together left) were excited when they spotted a lovely three-bedroom cottage (bottom) within the Surrey commuter belt within their budget for £650,000 advertised through Purple Bricks. They contacted the owners Luke Main (right), 33, a builder and his wife, Cambridge University medical physicist Dr Joanna Brunker (inset right), 34, to arrange a viewing. But when Mr Main asked Luke for a summary of the couple's circumstances, Luke was stunned when Mr Main told him that they would not sell the house to 'two men in a partnership' and quoted phrases from the Bible (bottom right). Purple Bricks dropped the vendors and said their stance doesn't reflect the firm's values. Mr Main declined to comment except to say that he and his wife are 'not ashamed' of their views.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10419543/Christian-couple-ban-gay-man-partner-buying-dream-650-000-sexuality.html
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,862
    edited January 2022
    'Hitler should have killed you all': Disgusting moment New York woman SPITS on Jewish boy, 7, and his two siblings after spewing anti-Semitic bile

    https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2022/01/19/5637304693543451681/636x382_MP4_5637304693543451681.mp4


    A woman approached an eight-year-old boy who was with two of his siblings in Brooklyn and made anti-Semitic statements to them all before spitting on them. The suspect was caught on camera as she approached the children in Marine Park. After approaching the kids, aged seven and two and spitting on them, she turned back and walked off.








    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10420387/Disgusting-moment-Brooklyn-woman-SPITS-boy-8-hurls-anti-Semitic-abuse.html
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  • TheEdge949TheEdge949 Member Posts: 5,686
    HAYSIE said:

    Christian couple ban gay man and his ITV producer partner from buying their dream £650,000 Surrey home due to their sexuality - and quote the bible that homosexuality is a sin



    Luke Whitehouse,34, and his partner of eight years Lachlan Mantell, 37 (pictured together left) were excited when they spotted a lovely three-bedroom cottage (bottom) within the Surrey commuter belt within their budget for £650,000 advertised through Purple Bricks. They contacted the owners Luke Main (right), 33, a builder and his wife, Cambridge University medical physicist Dr Joanna Brunker (inset right), 34, to arrange a viewing. But when Mr Main asked Luke for a summary of the couple's circumstances, Luke was stunned when Mr Main told him that they would not sell the house to 'two men in a partnership' and quoted phrases from the Bible (bottom right). Purple Bricks dropped the vendors and said their stance doesn't reflect the firm's values. Mr Main declined to comment except to say that he and his wife are 'not ashamed' of their views.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10419543/Christian-couple-ban-gay-man-partner-buying-dream-650-000-sexuality.html

    Hmm. This is what really **** me off about the world. We are forced to accept one persons beliefs and rights and way of life, whilst another persons views and beliefs and values are outed as wrong.

    At the end of the day, that gay couple have every right to live their lives as they wish without fear of discrimination. However by the same standards the vendors have the right to sell to whoever they want.

    As a practicing Christian I do however get very angry with other "Christians" who seem to think that homosexuality is an unforgivable sin.

    Persecution, intolerance, ignorance and hatred are also sins, and as Christians they are sins we should personally try to eradicate.

    Or did they not get the memo. J.C. spent most of his life amongst those who were persecuted, marginalised, ignored and hated and that I believe is where true Christianity thrives.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,862
    TheEdge949 said:

    HAYSIE said:

    Christian couple ban gay man and his ITV producer partner from buying their dream £650,000 Surrey home due to their sexuality - and quote the bible that homosexuality is a sin



    Luke Whitehouse,34, and his partner of eight years Lachlan Mantell, 37 (pictured together left) were excited when they spotted a lovely three-bedroom cottage (bottom) within the Surrey commuter belt within their budget for £650,000 advertised through Purple Bricks. They contacted the owners Luke Main (right), 33, a builder and his wife, Cambridge University medical physicist Dr Joanna Brunker (inset right), 34, to arrange a viewing. But when Mr Main asked Luke for a summary of the couple's circumstances, Luke was stunned when Mr Main told him that they would not sell the house to 'two men in a partnership' and quoted phrases from the Bible (bottom right). Purple Bricks dropped the vendors and said their stance doesn't reflect the firm's values. Mr Main declined to comment except to say that he and his wife are 'not ashamed' of their views.


    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10419543/Christian-couple-ban-gay-man-partner-buying-dream-650-000-sexuality.html

    Hmm. This is what really **** me off about the world. We are forced to accept one persons beliefs and rights and way of life, whilst another persons views and beliefs and values are outed as wrong.

    At the end of the day, that gay couple have every right to live their lives as they wish without fear of discrimination. However by the same standards the vendors have the right to sell to whoever they want.

    As a practicing Christian I do however get very angry with other "Christians" who seem to think that homosexuality is an unforgivable sin.

    Persecution, intolerance, ignorance and hatred are also sins, and as Christians they are sins we should personally try to eradicate.

    Or did they not get the memo. J.C. spent most of his life amongst those who were persecuted, marginalised, ignored and hated and that I believe is where true Christianity thrives.
    What happened to live and let live?
    What possible difference could it make to the sellers, whoever they sold their house to?
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  • hhyftrftdrhhyftrftdr Member Posts: 8,036
    The real scandal is £650k for a 3 bedroom cottage.

    And the sellers are clearly knobs. Why would you even care who moves in after you?
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,780
    edited January 2022
    A lot boils down to how Christians view the Bible.

    For most, it is divinely inspired. That it teaches us lots of important stuff. That it provides an important focal point in spiritual guidance. But-while there may be such things as Eternal Truths, it is also the case that in lots of things, what may have been entirely correct by the standards when it is written down, it is no longer accurate.

    To give an example of what I mean, the Old Testament was not written down at the time everything happened. Stories were passed down, and the Old Testament was written down between (probably) 1200 BC to 100 BC. The New Testament-not during JC's lifetime, but (probably) between 65-100 AD.

    I am not saying that makes it untrue-there are various comtemporaneous writings (from, say, the Romans) that provide factual context. What I am saying is that what may be the right way to express things thousands of years ago, may not be right today.

    The World was not created in 6 days. But how else would you have attempted to explain it to people of that time? Nuclear fission, or the Big Bang theory would not have been possible.

    It saddens me. not that people think the Bible is infallible. That a lot of the people who do, only want to pick the bits they like. And (as @TheEdge949 rightly points out) ignore the bits they don't.

    I'm sure lots of people have lots of opinions about Jesus. But 1 thing is undoubtedly true-he did not seem keen on a bigot.
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,862
    Essexphil said:

    A lot boils down to how Christians view the Bible.

    For most, it is divinely inspired. That it teaches us lots of important stuff. That it provides an important focal point in spiritual guidance. But-while there may be such things as Eternal Truths, it is also the case that in lots of things, what may have been entirely correct by the standards when it is written down, it is no longer accurate.

    To give an example of what I mean, the Old Testament was not written down at the time everything happened. Stories were passed down, and the Old Testament was written down between (probably) 1200 BC to 100 BC. The New Testament-not during JC's lifetime, but (probably) between 65-100 AD.

    I am not saying that makes it untrue-there are various comtemporaneous writings (from, say, the Romans) that provide factual context. What I am saying is that what may be the right way to express things thousands of years ago, may not be right today.

    The World was not created in 6 days. But how else would you have attempted to explain it to people of that time? Nuclear fission, or the Big Bang theory would not have been possible.

    It saddens me. not that people think the Bible is infallible. That a lot of the people who do, only want to pick the bits they like. And (as @TheEdge949 rightly points out) ignore the bits they don't.

    I'm sure lots of people have lots of opinions about Jesus. But 1 thing is undoubtedly true-he did not seem keen on a bigot.


    When could spitting on little kids be ok?
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  • EssexphilEssexphil Member Posts: 8,780
    HAYSIE said:

    Essexphil said:

    A lot boils down to how Christians view the Bible.

    For most, it is divinely inspired. That it teaches us lots of important stuff. That it provides an important focal point in spiritual guidance. But-while there may be such things as Eternal Truths, it is also the case that in lots of things, what may have been entirely correct by the standards when it is written down, it is no longer accurate.

    To give an example of what I mean, the Old Testament was not written down at the time everything happened. Stories were passed down, and the Old Testament was written down between (probably) 1200 BC to 100 BC. The New Testament-not during JC's lifetime, but (probably) between 65-100 AD.

    I am not saying that makes it untrue-there are various comtemporaneous writings (from, say, the Romans) that provide factual context. What I am saying is that what may be the right way to express things thousands of years ago, may not be right today.

    The World was not created in 6 days. But how else would you have attempted to explain it to people of that time? Nuclear fission, or the Big Bang theory would not have been possible.

    It saddens me. not that people think the Bible is infallible. That a lot of the people who do, only want to pick the bits they like. And (as @TheEdge949 rightly points out) ignore the bits they don't.

    I'm sure lots of people have lots of opinions about Jesus. But 1 thing is undoubtedly true-he did not seem keen on a bigot.


    When could spitting on little kids be ok?
    With the possible exception of them being on fire, never.
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  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,434
    I hope they don't see a hoose in the west of Scotland we've got everything up here, bigotry, sectarianism, racism, we've even got buddism, we've got every ism going.
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  • Tikay10Tikay10 Member, Administrator, Moderator Posts: 169,670
    rabdeniro said:

    I hope they don't see a hoose in the west of Scotland we've got everything up here, bigotry, sectarianism, racism, we've even got buddism, we've got every ism going.

    @rabdeniro

    Got much teetotalism?
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  • rabdenirorabdeniro Member Posts: 4,434
    Tikay10 said:

    rabdeniro said:

    I hope they don't see a hoose in the west of Scotland we've got everything up here, bigotry, sectarianism, racism, we've even got buddism, we've got every ism going.

    @rabdeniro

    Got much teetotalism?
    I'll give you that one :) .
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  • HAYSIEHAYSIE Member Posts: 35,862
    rabdeniro said:

    Tikay10 said:

    rabdeniro said:

    I hope they don't see a hoose in the west of Scotland we've got everything up here, bigotry, sectarianism, racism, we've even got buddism, we've got every ism going.

    @rabdeniro

    Got much teetotalism?
    I'll give you that one :) .
    Did you have a choice?
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  • MISTY4MEMISTY4ME Member Posts: 6,320
    Essexphil said:

    A lot boils down to how Christians view the Bible.

    For most, it is divinely inspired. That it teaches us lots of important stuff. That it provides an important focal point in spiritual guidance. But-while there may be such things as Eternal Truths, it is also the case that in lots of things, what may have been entirely correct by the standards when it is written down, it is no longer accurate.

    To give an example of what I mean, the Old Testament was not written down at the time everything happened. Stories were passed down, and the Old Testament was written down between (probably) 1200 BC to 100 BC. The New Testament-not during JC's lifetime, but (probably) between 65-100 AD.

    I am not saying that makes it untrue-there are various comtemporaneous writings (from, say, the Romans) that provide factual context. What I am saying is that what may be the right way to express things thousands of years ago, may not be right today.

    The World was not created in 6 days. But how else would you have attempted to explain it to people of that time? Nuclear fission, or the Big Bang theory would not have been possible.

    It saddens me. not that people think the Bible is infallible. That a lot of the people who do, only want to pick the bits they like. And (as @TheEdge949 rightly points out) ignore the bits they don't.

    I'm sure lots of people have lots of opinions about Jesus. But 1 thing is undoubtedly true-he did not seem keen on a bigot.


    Sounds like a 'Never Ending Story' to me :p;)
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