re: #316 The Artist formerly known as Satan

Yes. I believe that Martin’s mother would likely be more offended by the statement, “Martin is going to hell” than to the statement “all gay people are going to hell”. I certainly would if I was at all religious and I was Martin’s father.

Well, you asked me, and I answered you honestly. If I had a son, and he was gay, I’d feel exactly the same about some asshole who said he was damned for being gay and some asshole who said all gay people were damned. It works out to the exact same thing.

No this is not wrong.

It is wrong. The ceremony is not to confer status. That claim is false.

Actually it matches up perfectly. Jewish objections to this were centered around the fact that these were done without the consent of the deceased’s family members.

That wasn’t my point. I’m pointing out that the main mass of people getting upset are not, themselves, the family members. They’re doing it, I guess, on behalf of those family members. It still isn’t because the Mormons did something to their family member.