Hello Matt,   
      
    FB>> If sexuality and gender conforming change efforts was a reliable   
    FB>> practice you would see people standing in line to partake in those   
    FB>> practices like a new iPhone release.   
    FB>> Why?   
      
    MM> We have a bill that is upsetting the religious community in our state even   
    MM> though my state is very far left. I was saying if the practices they want   
   to   
    MM> keep were reliable then you would see less need or want for people to ban   
    MM> the practices.   
      
   Religious community?  You should read "The Handmaid's Tale" by   
   Margaret Atwood.  Quite an eye-opener.  What would society be like   
   under a monotheocracy in which the regime takes the Book of Genesis   
   absolutely at its word?  What would the consequences be for men and   
   women of its population?   
      
   The idea is not as far-fetched as it sounds.  And it may come   
   to the US, far sooner than you might think.  Consider the possibility   
   of Mike Pence becoming president.  His worldview is that of a   
   Dominionist.  Kind of a Christian fundamentalist sort of guy,   
   on steroids.   
      
   If you think living in Iran is scary for Muslims, living in a society   
   ruled by Christian fundamentalists would be even worse.   
      
   Dominionists are modern-day Pharisees.  It is this mindset that   
   Jesus railed against, and ultimately got her killed.  But we all   
   know she can never die ...   
      
   --Lee   
      
   --    
   Erections, That's Our Game   
      
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