[calyman]

Originally Posted by Blueisthecolour

Any Christian with a brain would avoid getting into an argument with certain people, and Caiomhe is one of them.

Some people ask about religion and they are genuinely interested or open-minded. My impression is that Caiomhe just wants to draw him into a conversation which ends with her giving him a pile of grief and making herself feel big.

When he first went in he talked about his religion quite a bit, until Nathan accused him of only going on BB to "advertise God". Since then he's reined it in a bit.

He did get sucked in about the Gay "Marriage" question, which people have constantly mentioned in the house. But then again, if he had avoided the question he would have got stick as well.

I don't reckon he's a homophobe, that's saying too much I think. Saying you don't really believe in Gay "Marriage" is not the same as saying you hate Gay people.

I must admit though, his "Oh I'm absolutely rolling around drunk on the love of our Lord" stuff does make me chuckle and cringe at the same time.

I'm fed up with this "I don't believe he's a homophobe" point.

If the Blessed Dave belonged to a Church whic disallowed marriage between black and white, he by consent with the ethos of that church would be considered a racist.

Similarly, it is intolerence and bigotry which precludes his church from sanctioning same sex marriages.

In both examples bigotry is at the heart of the church ethos, therfore by sanctioning it, you accept the bigotry. Dave is indeed a homophobe.