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Define Discrimination

I endorse discrimination.

I like charging my annoying customers more than my cooperative customers. I like the notion of charging more for an airplane ticket the closer you get to departure time. I like paying less when I buy in bulk. 55 gallons of mayo? Yes, please!

Those are examples of good, economically robust forms of discrimination that allow you to actually measure demand and adjust prices accordingly to make sure that supply remains available to those who want/need it most.

There are ugly, stupid ways to discriminate as well. People can be racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-semetic, or whatever.

Naturally, I would prefer all people to be wise, rational human beings, but they aren't and when they aren't I do much prefer when they're obvious about it.

But you know how I get irritated when people then lie about it.

Thanks to Joe.My.God, I'm peeved at some Christians who are telling lies. They are bearing false witness, if you will.

Basically the deal is this: this guy died. His family went to their church of which he was a member and asked if they could hold the funeral there. The church, naturally, said that would be fine. Then, the church finds out that the man was gay and they say that they won't host the funeral because he's gay. Never mind that he attended the church with his husband and openly as a couple with his husband.

That's their right and I think it's also proper for the offended family to go to the press and their community with their outrage.

What bothers me is the statement from the church:

We did decline to host the service - not based on hatred, not based on discrimination, but based on principle. Had we known it on the day they first spoke about it - yes, we would have declined then. It's not that we didn't love the family. Even though we could not condone that lifestyle, we went above and beyond for the family through many acts of love and kindness.

Now, those folks in Texas know better than to piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

We might spend our time debating about what constitutes 'hate,' but I'll be honest: I don't care. I really just do not care how they feel.

But it is the very definition of discrimination. Some people can have their funerals at High Point Church in Arlington, Texas and some people can't. One reason they can't is for being gay.

Also, I contest this idea that some Christians have about loving the sinner but not the sin. People who commit sins are sinners. You can't have sins without sinners. You can't have sinners without sins. People are what they do.

I think the family of the man who died should take out ads in the papers calling the High Point Church discriminatory and call for people to not go there any more.

OR maybe they could stop for a second and throw their own funeral without all the magic stuff. And then also tell everyone that the people at High Point Church are haters.