Home Depot Celebrates Gay and Lesbian Pride Month

((((Ava)))) You are human girl!

I tried drinking once when I was 23, threw up all night. Had about half a drink, made me sick as a dog. Took a couple drags off a cigarette, again threw up. Guess I failed at being a rebal. LOL

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Don't give them ideas!

 

Now that would be a hoot! :lol:

 

Hey now! Us Nose Pickers have a right to be celebrated!
:lol::lol::lol:

In all honesty, I'm waiting for the day when some big name establishment has a "Celebrating the Average Human Being"Day! For an ordinary schlub like me!:wink:
Marty

 

((())) Hey girlfriend, you are just alright with me!:love:

 

My five year old would love an excuse to pick and be proud! LOL. I personally love to pretend its an action I never take. LOL.

 

And eat it, too, I bet!!! Boy, has this topic been hijcked!!! :lol::lol:

 

That reminds of a little girl at church that would have one finger up her nose and one in her mouth at the same time. I think her index finger was up her nose and then she sucked her pinky or something like that. LOL. Talented child. LOL.

 

I'd still shop there. When the kids ask I will tell them that some people think it's okay to like the same sex like a married couple. I wil tell them it's wrong and this is not okay that it's a sin. Sadly we have to be around it. Being on a military base and my oldest reading the paper she asked about the Don't Ask Don't Tell so I have had to start talking more about it. Back to HomeDepo, do they get a discount or everyone. How do you prove your gay, go kiss a same sex clerk for the discount?

 

All this talk of hate simply based on calling a spade a spade (ahem.. a sin a sin) is kind of irritating.

Actually, from a Biblical standpoint, we have an obligation as believers to point out the sins of others. 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (note vs.2) is just one example of being commanded to do so. So, in a sense, NOT pointing out someone else's sin is a sin in and of itself. If we truly love our neighbor we will be concerned with their eternity.

Though, bare in mind, this applies to other believers.

Ava, I'll step up with you....
Our oldest son was the ring-bearer in our wedding.

But did I get offended when I was asked to leave the Christian theatre? Heck no! (well, ok, I did a little, but only because of HOW they did it, not that they did it). Was I hurt because my mom was upset with me? Heck no! Was I ashamed of my actions? You betcha!!! I could not deny that my sin was wrong. Rather, I couldn't deny it and still be forming a rational argument based on scripture.

Let's look at this whole idea from another angle:
A couple with whom I am friends split up this week. About four months ago he admitted to her that he was addicted to pornography. He was getting counseling with a secular therapist and going to an addiction recovery group at his church (they are LDS... not that it matters). She, apparently, was so distraught that he had been unfaithful in his thoughts that the only place she could find comfort was in her high school sweetheart. After months of an affair, she walked out on her husband and three children in Florida to move to Las Vegas to be with him. And she is absolutely TICKED OFF that her bishop, church family, and friends are trying to convince her that she is in the wrong and should return to her husband. I mean, she's furious! She keeps going on and on about how they have no right to judge her and how if you really love someone you'll support them and want them to be happy! It's crazy. Just plain crazy.

Here's the worst part. (if there is a 'worst part') The guy she ran away to be with is the biological father of her 18year old daughter. He's never even met the girl. Yeah... real great guy. Meanwhile, her husband has raised all three children, two of which are not his, as if they were his own. And even now is content to care for them in her absence.

Another verse that stands out to me is the verse that talks about pulling the plank out of your own eye. If you read the WHOLE passage and really think about it, it says that we must FIRST deal with our own sin, THEN guide our brothers and sisters away from thier's. It doesn't say to ignore their sin. It just requires that we be consience of ours first.

 

I agree...it's tiresome. It also takes away from what sin is and leads to relativism.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Exactly...thanks again!

 

My cousin had three babies under 6 months at her wedding. Rachael was the youngest, and the oldest was her own. One day, Carl and I were talking in the car, Rachael was about 8, and I mentioned this in conversation to Carl (forgetting as we all do about the "little ears" in the back seat!) Rachael jumped in with, "HOW could Ashley be at her own parents' wedding?" Well, we had already dealt with the issue of this particular sin, because my dss was living with a pregnant girl (not his, btw!). I explained that we ALL make mistakes sometimes, and that we aren't concerned about those mistakes. What we know NOW is that C and J love one another, and that God forgives us ALL of our sins when we ask them and then moves on. So we leave the past IN THE PAST. We also discussed how we DO NOT discuss this with Ashley (or anyone else, really!), because that would really hurt her feelings and we wouldn't want to do that. And that was pretty much the end of it!

 

You rightly point out that the context of the verse is within the church - not society in general.

 

Though we also have an obligation to judge what is right and what is wrong within society. And to weigh out any message that is presented as truth. But that's not the same as confronting random people becuase they are smoking/drinking/whatevering. It's the obligation to say, "Homosexuality is wrong" while sitting silently beside your homosexual friend.

 

If we boycott a business based on the position they take with any particular subject that one would feel as being sinful, then for consistency purposes we should shun those with whom we feel have sinned also.

That would be a lonely world!

 

I disagree.

We need to be aware of what our money is funding. That's quite important. Kind of like Jesus getting upset at the vendors on the temple steps. But people are a different ball of wax. He hung around with prostitutes and tax collectors, right? Yeah... because there is a difference.

 

I tend to agree with this but understand Katie's statement as well.

But...you can't go by me...I just went to the movies to see Toy Story 3. That's a Disney movie. However, I have not shopped at certain places due to their stand on issues. UGH...guess I'm living up to hypocrite status. I need to figure this out.

 

Playing devils advocate here.... Home Depot advertised their position on this particular subject, okay. What about the businesses that don't take a public position? What about businesses that allow a particular group to shop in their store? We can find anything wrong with anybody or any company.

Unfortunately this is not a perfect world and I personally don't care what position a store has on this particular subject. I needed a product, they had it at a good price so I bought it.

On a more positive note: I don't look at it like MY money is going to fund what some may perceive as a sinful life style. I look at it like HD has tens of thousands of employees and I am giving those employees a job.

I know two ladies who are gay, they are just like everybody else, they are women, they have feelings, they drive, they have bills, they just choose to be with each other. I have never seen them "get it on" in public, they are just nice human beings who have never done anything ugly to me.

 

I disagree. Would you spend money at a business that dedicated part of its profits to support human trafficing? What about a company that knowingly had child labor in foreign countries? Think about all the people who won't shop at WalMart because they don't agree with their business practices (real or imagined). People both boycott or shop at specific businesses all the time because of the stand on political, moral or environmental issues. Why should MY MONEY go to support a company whose moral practices I feel are wrong, when it can just as easily support one I agree with?

If we were to shun everyone we considered sinful, we wouldn't be able to associate with anyone, our immediate family included. But don't we tend to avoid those whose lifestyles we don't agree with? For example, my bil has been in a relationship with a woman for 14 years. When it started, she was seperated from her husband long-term, but not divorced. She is recently divorced, and has moved in with him. Do we SHUN them? NO! We see them at family functions, and would include them if there was a family function at our house. We might or might not go to one at their house, depending. We don't intentionally avoid them, but we also don't go out of our way to spend any time with them other than that. There are children my children might be able to play with outside with others, but I wouldn't trust them out of my sight. And I expect my children to treat them with the same courtesy they would show to their "best" friends.

 

That was my point Jackie!

Everyone is welcome to shun me for shopping at the Home Depot and put me on their ignore list, I really don't care.

I needed new windows, didnt have the cash to buy them so I went to Home Depot and put them on my credit card, ooops, guess it's a sin to be poor too!