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@jbarro Josh, I think you would agree that same-sex marriage represents a significant break with a long-established historical pattern (1/4)

@jbarro many societies in history that embraced and even celebrated homosexual relationships did not have same-sex marriage (2/4)

@jbarro why celebrate unserious people who say "okay, yeah, sure, why not?" In a desire to be merely inoffensive (3/4)

@jbarro and vilify people who take it seriously enough to think it through in a meaningful (and unhateful) way? (4/4)

@prchovanec because it's simple: the only reason to think this is a problem for you is disgust or animus toward gays.

@jbarro I'm sorry you feel that way, but it simply isn't true.

@prchovanec @jbarro he's not the only one who feels that way. I agree with Josh.

@jbarro Are you saying people who don't share your wold view shouldn't be free to express their views?

@waffle721 Define "free." I think they should have a legal right to express their views.

@jbarro then you don't want to shame them into not expressing their views?

@waffle721 oh of course I want to shame them. that does not infringe on their legal right.

. @jbarro that's not "tolerance" but a kind of "tyranny." Why wld you rather hv fake-tolerance thru tyranny than grown up tolerance?

.@TheAnchoress @jbarro what's the grownuo tolerant position on SSM and workplace discrimination?

@HWoodbery @jbarro that's where idea of grown up "tolerance" comes in. That whole "live and let live" thing humans can't quite manage.

@TheAnchoress @jbarro I agree but what would be tolerant position on SSM? It would start with legalization wouldn't it?

@HWoodbery @jbarro What do YOU think acceptable "tolerant" positions are? Is Do they involve "stamping out"/punishing religious consciences?

@TheAnchoress @jbarro religious consciences are part of the marketplace of ideas. They will stand or fall on their on merit or lack thereof

@HWoodbery @jbarro well that's bullcrap and always have been. Religious consciences are what ppl die for. They're not market driven.