He wriggled a lot but it is obvious to everyone. I commend him for trying to keep this under wraps. He understood what an issue it was.
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Let me clarify: it's not about wrong think, in the sense of fitting people into a mould. It's about saying things that make gay acceptance>
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*more* difficult to achieve. I known that Farron will never hurt a fly, but he speads the idea that homosexuality is somehow problematic.
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That is incompatible with the goals of the LibDems. Not letting this interfere with his policies is an good example to set but...
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far more serious, IMO, is giving respectability to the view that homosexuality is a sin, a disorder, a problem.
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Again, Tony Blair is devoutly Christian. The difference is that he *succeeded* in never letting his beliefs (whatever they are) interfere.
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Tim Farron failed in that respect, and it's important. Blair never said a bad thing about homosexuality. Quite the contraryx
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Neither. Has. Farron. He's spoken very positively about LGBT rights & dignity.
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If so, I would retract my objections (irrespective of his actual beliefs). However, his views on sinful homosexuality are clear to everyone.
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Conservative Christians always say nothing they do would be good enough. Wholesale capitulation & rejection of Xtianity demanded
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That liberalism claims to defend their freedom but lies. This will seem to confirm that.
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The man who felt Farron couldn't go on was Farron. He made the choice based on his unwillingness to say it's okay to be gay.
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Yes, I know.
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So the moral position is moot.
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No, its not. We're discussing it right now.
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In the sense, as I'm perfectly sure you understood, of it having no practical relevance.
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It won't change anything now, no. We're discussing the ethics of what happened & how & whether it is liberal.
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