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Pride jersey furore divides NRL · The Slippery Slope

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  I j felon here and you're listening to the slippery slope.
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  So unless you've been hiding under a rock here in Australia,
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  you would probably have heard about the NRL world, the
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  National Rugby League Division, okay?
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  Over the decision by some manly, football players mainly rugby
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  league players to not play. Play rugby league this weekend
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  because of the club's decision to add the pride rainbow colors
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  to the Jersey. Not sure why they did it.
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  But anyway here we go. I read this headline here from
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  Yahoo sports is NRL World divided over disgraceful manly
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  Pride the Jersey Funeral it's written by Andrew read.
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  So it goes on to say that mainly decision to become the first
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  Club in NRL history to compete. In a pride, Jersey has left the
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  club in turmoil with up to 7, players set to boycott their
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  next match in protest. The sea eagles are expected to
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  confirm on Tuesday that up to seven players will miss
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  Thursday's match with the Sydney roosters.
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  After refusing to play in the Jersey due to the cultural or
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  religious beliefs mainly announced on Sunday night.
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  They Would wear a rainbow design for the match.
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  Generally known for representing the LBGTQ.
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  I wouldn't that Community by Monday night.
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  The Jersey had sold out on the club's online store in all men's
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  and women's sizes with only Junior versions of the strip
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  available, while it's proven a hit with many supporters, the
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  decision to wear. The Jersey has caused unrest.
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  Among several players, who also claimed, they only learned of
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  the strip on social media on Sunday night.
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  And we're not previously consulted to among the concerns
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  for select players is uneasy questions that will arise within
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  their culture or religion from wearing the Jersey.
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  The issue prompted a lengthy meeting of sea eagles Management
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  on Monday night where it was again, requested that players
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  where the everyone in League design.
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  However, players have not agreed to do so, with up to seven set
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  to sit out the match against the roosters.
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  Ian Roberts, who came the first rugby league player to come out
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  as gay while playing for merely, in 1995 said, the player Revolt
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  in quotes breaks my heart. So, the former kangaroo and sea
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  eagles, start old Sidney, Daily Telegraph.
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  It's sad and uncomfortable as an older gay, man.
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  This isn't unfamiliar. I did wonder whether there would
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  be any religious push, push back.
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  That's why I think the end of the NRL have never had a
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  problem. I drowned, I can promise you
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  every young kid on the Northern beaches who is dealing with
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  their sexuality, would have heard about this.
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  So the drama has caused an enormous stir throughout the
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  footy world, but NRL 360 co-host, pull all can't said it
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  was the manly's clubs fault for not Consulting players first
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  before making the decision to wear the pride Jersey.
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  So the mainly Club did this without any consultation.
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  One of the players they did it without any board approval.
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  It's basically a marketing decision and they've just
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  assumed everything was okay. And said on Monday night, the
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  club has imposed its own put Politics on these players and
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  these players have inadvertently been embroiled in this Scandal,
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  and they will be hopefully protected, but they will also be
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  under pressure. Now through no fault of their
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  own and in another article, which is from the ABC News.
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  This headline, says Mia, See Eagles coach apologizes for
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  handling of Gay Pride, jerseys as seven refused to play.
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  And the coach does hasla has said that he's concerned for the
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  welfare of these seven players because their spirituality is a
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  central part of their well-being.
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  And the club has made an error from which it will learn.
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  Has also specifically apologize to the lgbtqia+ community.
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  He says that we wish to apologize to the community who
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  embrace the Rainbow colors. Who use these colors for pride
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  and advocacy and human rights issues.
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  He said now a just briefly my thoughts on this whole pride and
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  using rainbow colors for starters.
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  When I was growing up, you always learned that there was
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  seven colors in the rainbow and if you look at the rainbow there
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  are generally yet seven colors. When are you looking at the
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  rainbow in the sky 7, seven colors, seven also the number of
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  for God Then gotta believe it is in the Bible.
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  Seven is the number of God funny enough.
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  Pride pride, besides the fact that pride in the Bible is, is
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  taught as pride, is a sin pride is what caused the downfall of
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  Lucifer AKA Satan. The pride flag that is used by
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  the pride group has six colors. Six being the number of man.
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  Just a little, just a little thought.
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  Anyway, I'll continue on with this.
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  So again, Ian Roberts, the, the gay football who came out from
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  manly, he said that it was wonderful because would the club
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  would still wear the pride Jersey this week and that he had
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  been consulted. So he had been consulted the
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  players hadn't been but he had been consulted about the plan,
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  several weeks ago, isn't that weird that he gets consulted
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  even though he's a former player and he hasn't played A longtime
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  former flag is consulted. However, the current players
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  they don't get consulted at all. Anyway, he goes on to say that
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  this is the kind of I came out at the reason I came out of this
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  club was because I felt safe. So Robert said that, he was
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  surprised there, not being any public pushback for this week,
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  which he now attributes to a lack of consultation with in the
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  club he says, this is probably not the way we wanted this.
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  Conversation to start. But we're having this
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  conversation now he said, so I'm seeing it in a positive light.
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  The former forward who has long lobbied the NRL which is the
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  National Rugby League League National Rugby League for a
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  scheduled Pride round. I don't understand why they have
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  to have a specific pride round. Everyone, anyway, I'll go on
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  said, he fully respects the seven players decisions.
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  Not to wear the Jersey, but He added, he would love the
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  opportunity to explain to them what a pride round would mean to
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  the lgbtqia+ community Roberts also rejected.
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  The idea that Sports should not involve itself in social issues
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  Sports. Always been political he said,
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  Sports part of society and Society is political.
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  So this conversation needs to be had I'll just say this is part
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  of the issue. We always did.
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  I'm told by people within the LGBT community that it's a
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  conversation that needs to be had and apparently, they need to
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  come out publicly and tell everyone what their preference
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  is for sexual gratification. That's it's something that needs
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  to happen. It's not something that you can
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  just deal with privately it needs to happen and we need to
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  talk about it. We need to tell everyone about,
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  we need to display our prideful Behavior.
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  Everyone to see. So the Australian rugby league
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  commission. Chairman Peter landy's as said
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  he respect the decision of the seven boycotting players.
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  He says that they've got religious and cultural
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  differences. And that's the beauty of
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  Australia. We all have those freedoms.
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  We said, but let me say this though.
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  One thing I take pride in with rugby league, is that we treat
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  everyone the same. We're all human beings, it
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  doesn't matter what your color is, what your sexual orientation
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  is, doesn't matter. What your race is were all equal
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  mr. Landers said the club should
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  have shown more respect to the players and not sprung.
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  The Pride Jersey on them. So not-for-profit pride in sport
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  which supports Australian sporting organizations said
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  initiatives. Such as Pride, rounds were
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  powerful statements to players these things matter because we
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  know that lgbtq+ people have concerns about coming out its it
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  in All sports including rugby league.
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  Participants can be heavily censored or can heavily censor
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  themselves, over fears of being outed resulting in detrimental,
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  impacts on mental, and physical health says that we know or that
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  these concerns can prevent lgbtq+ people from participating
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  in sports at all levels from Community to professional the
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  Australian Christian Lobby. This afternoon said it was
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  important that we respect, everyone for who they are.
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  ACL managing director, Martin Isles at ACL, is a strong
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  Christian Lobby. He is said the inclusive.
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  Society is one that respects people's conscience and
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  convictions. It is not inclusive to for
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  someone to wear a political state symbol.
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  In fact, it's totally exclusive. So for starters, I'll go to say,
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  what the Australian Christian Lobby is saying that I owe you
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  would fully fully. Support.
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  This is the problem with having these Pride rounds in these
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  symbols and using it in sport. It is not inclusive what they
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  want to. What they are trying to do is
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  put everyone in this box saying. Well, if we can have this Pride
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  ran rainbow this Pride symbol, we are being inclusive to this
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  one, specific group and then they forget or they don't care.
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  To be honest. That there may be another group.
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  That does not agree with what this symbol represents.
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  The more, this conversation goes on, the more religion, the more
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  spiritual beliefs are pushed to the background.
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  I pushed aside and said, well, if this is what you believe, you
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  are teaching homophobia, transphobia.
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  All all the, the, you know, plethora of phobias that are
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  apparently out there. Now, even though this is not a
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  real thing, but this is the problem we are promoting
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  Exclusion and not inclusive behavior in sport.
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  You don't have to come out and announce what your sexual
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  flipping preference is this push to accept the pride symbolism.
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  The lgbtqia+ symbolism, no matter what your beliefs, it
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  will continue to be rammed down our throats.
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  No matter what we believe, the more this conversation She's
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  alone. The mole.
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  We will be told that your religious beliefs, your
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  spiritual beliefs, your biblical, beliefs, do not
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  matter. And what you are teaching is
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  actually, you know, homophobic, transphobic, all those kinds of
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  things. But this is the slippery slope
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  that the lgbtq agenda has taken us on their agenda is, you must
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  accept it. And there is nothing you can do
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  about it. I'll just remind you that just
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  one. Just one thing that the Bible
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  says about Pride, Proverbs 16 Verse 18.
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  It says Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit
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  before a fall. And unfortunately you Embrace
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  Pride you're going to be embracing destruction.
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  That is my opinion. Thank you for listening to the
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  slippery slope.