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Originally Posted by Adder
Perhaps, although I think the designation by the SPLC is largely irrelevant.
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Probably. I just think it's an example of how the mainstream will soon be mishandling the religious fundamentalism of anti-gay holdouts. These are people who won't feel powerful until they're being affirmatively persecuted, and then they'll use the fact that the government (or, if not, alleged proxies of the leftist government, like the ACLU) persecutes them as evidence of their bona fides and their juice.
People with persecution complexes and Messiah complexes are unique species in the landscape -- they can't be fully neutralized by traditional means, and may be impossible to stamp out entirely. They can be made irrelevant if the grievances they use as fuel are preempted by other mainstream groups with stronger social ties. If the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a policy of "homosexuality is unbiblical and wrong, but it's a salvation issue, not a public policy issue," it would be an unqualified win for the good guys.
