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Originally Posted by angus58

I don't understand why HMs are allowed to use this reason, since it is clearly religious discrimination and bigotry which seems to be condoned by BB.

So the people for equal rights are the bigots....making Dave what, open-minded? Hilariously twisted. Being anti-anti gay is not of comparable bigotry to being even a little anti-gay. And this has nothing to do with religious bigotry, it has to do with the specific ideas Dave holds on homosexual marriage. Dave could have got his views on gay marriage from Harry Potter, they'd still be just as irrational and unfounded. The only part that's annoying about the opinion being based on the Bible is that almost no one takes the Bible even close to 100% literally/seriously, yet this is the issue they've decided not to settle on. This especially applies to Dave, who is basically Unitarian Universalisty in every other respect.

And there were plenty of other reasons stated for nominating Dave. Like most nominations, the reasons are mostly petty/forced and it mainly comes down to who you get along with. This religion issue is a red herring. Dave's annoying, Dave doesn't spend time with people outside his circle. He's like an inverse Shabby.