Quote:People used to believe the world was flat and that people of color were inferior to white people....doesn't mean they were right.



Believing that transgendered people aren't mentally ill is not me being "politically correct"... It has nothing to do with being PC. I'm not trying to tip toe around and not hurt anyone's feelings with what I believe.



I also have a belief system that I'm not afraid to make known...mine just happens to be based on science.

 

The world being round and racial equality has nothing to do with the argument, whats the point of bringing it up?

 

as for being based in science I'd like to see the biological evidence that gender identity is not in the mind or some sort of chemical imbalance?

 

Quote:One of the most moral, honest and genuinely warm persons I ever knew was a flamboyant gay man who lived in the heart of the Tenderloin district of San Francisco.  I was a young ignorant Kentucky hick when I first met him (no, nothing sexual).  He forced me to reexamine my values and I realized that true decency is wrapped in many different packages.  I bet Alan and most TD folks would agree with your sense of integrity and virtue.  Your belief system gives you no stronger of an ethical foundation than theirs.

 

I didn't say my belief system gave me a stronger foothold then anyone else, I'm saying the COC doesn't allow us to get into this conversation in full detail. I can't properly make my case here without violating the COC.

 

I agree honest and genuine people come in all kinds of packages, never suggested otherwise. Being sick doesn't make you evil.

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