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dolphins3 OP t1_j0xm328 wrote

Reply to comment by Jfurmanek in "Guns for gift cards" was the advertised enticement. But money wasn't the only reason people lined up in cars around the block. by dolphins3

It's kind of amusing to watch people conflate the fact that it is technically possible to 3d print a gun with the assumption that it is widespread.

Like yeah sure there will inevitably be some people who try it, but "there's no point if any fraud happens" is clearly stupid.

Also kind of like this https://www.theonion.com/no-way-to-prevent-this-says-only-nation-where-this-r-1819576527

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dolphins3 OP t1_ismu7hj wrote

Reply to comment by mk81 in C of E must welcome gay people or face questions in parliament, says MP by dolphins3

> Notice that the UK gov dictates to the Church while flattering Islam

As I just told you which you ignored for some reason, Parliament gets to dictate to the Church of England because the Church of England is literally a government institution, as opposed to Islam, which has no connection to the government lmao.

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dolphins3 OP t1_isk2crm wrote

Reply to comment by Benji_Nottm in C of E must welcome gay people or face questions in parliament, says MP by dolphins3

>Forcing religions to appeal to me when not one part of me is religious?Thinking it wrong for Government to force religions into doing things?

I'm not sure how you keep missing this, but the Church of England is not just a religion, it is literally an extension of the government. They automatically get 26 seats in the House of Lords where they vote on legislation. Bishops are approved by a government panel. Parliament already votes on religious matters like approving new editions of the Book of Common Prayer.

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dolphins3 OP t1_isgmvb5 wrote

Reply to comment by Firedemon503 in The first gay Episcopal bishop of Connecticut is set to be consecrated. There was a time he thought his dreams were beyond achieving. by dolphins3

Well, being a gay Christian, or gay 99% of religions is hard. There are other Anglican churches where the bishops actively want to genocide gay people, for example, and the biggest Anglican subreddit is deeply homophobic.

It's uplifting that treatment of LGBT people in this specific church continues to become more just, but he personally is in a hard situation so you have to empathize with him.

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dolphins3 OP t1_isgg92o wrote

Reply to comment by Benji_Nottm in C of E must welcome gay people or face questions in parliament, says MP by dolphins3

The CoE isn't just a faith though, it's a government institution, which gives parliament some avenues to enforce oversight, like this.

And homophobia is objectively bad, just like every other moral failure of organized religion lately.

The historical reality is that throughout history, religions often have needed to be "bullied" into doing the moral and truthful thing.

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