The LGBT Religion.

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I am surprised no one has thought of it before. Since religious folks are the ones trying to deprive LGBT of rights based on religious freedom, why not create an LGBT religion complete with an LGBT Religious Codex or Text of some kind that states LGBT is part of its own religion? That way no one can deprive you of practicing your religion in the US.

Seems the only way to have rights is to be a religion...so.

Well, atleast one person has escaped, if not persecution, certainly PROSecution (and gotten rich as hell) by declaring a non religion to be a religion. That being L.Ron Hubbard, and Scientology.

So I suppose that you could concoct a religion that required LBGT behavior in its commandments, and could try to see if the Supreme Court who accept it as a legit religion.

I'm not sure you really say those "religious freedom" laws are really active persecution done by the state but rather the state not interfering to stop discrimination done against gays under the guise that it violate religious beliefs, sodomy laws would more fit my definition of persecution.

The laws are dumb btw and pointless, it seems overly broad considering the issue seems to mainly about the catering and venues of gay weddings which to me is just dumb from all angles. Like I get the religious argument not wanting to preform the ceremony which they might take as a religious but I don't think they're being forced to do that anywhere, its just the reception which is just for fun pretty much with no religious significance AFAIK. If I were a gay couple I wouldn't want to be giving money to bigots anyways for what is suppose be such a wondrous event especially with catering, you trust them? That's on them turning down the business, there shouldn't be any shortage of other suitors willing to pick up the slack.

If there's a religious rite that says two members of the same sex must marry and pizza must be provided at the ceremony, it would be against the constitution to deprive the rite of pizza.

And then comes ...

- The religion of slobbery. Since 'slobs' are discriminated against by stores "no shoes or shirt then no service". Their religious beliefs is to dress like a slob, or the Religion of Nudism - to be free to enter a store naked. So stop discriminating against their religious beliefs!

- The religion of bad choices. Since bad credit people / ex-inmates are discriminated against because of past behavior. Their religious beliefs is to make bad decisions. So stop discriminating against their religious beliefs!

- The religion of idiocy. Since under-educated/unintelligent face discrimination by colleges. Their religious beliefs is to stay lowly educated. So stop discriminating against their religious beliefs!

- The religion of the unskilled. Since poorly skilled people are discriminated by employers. Their religious beliefs is to not pursue training. So stop discriminating against their religious beliefs!

We can have 1st amendment lawsuits flying everywhere, for every group that faces a form of discrimination.

Well, to call it "LGBT Religion" seems to imply "worship of LGBT PEOPLE".

If you mean that LGBT people should have their own houses of worship, they DO----they're all over the U.S., Canada, and the U.K (if not all over Europe)----I've been to one, to attend an acquaintance's same-sex wedding.

In 1968, Troy Perry founded the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropoli ... ity_Church ) which ministers specifically (but not exclusively) to LGBT followers.

I think that would only bring more trouble than the LGBT community's got, right now. The LGBT community wants to be accepted----they don't want something separating them, even MORE.

Twice now, I've started to post a fictionalization liturgy for such a church, including satirized stereotypes of LGBT people, Catholics, Greek Orthodox Christians, and even southern Baptists. But every time I get ready to press the 'Submit' button, I realized the inevitability that someone (anyone, really) could read through it and take enough offense to petition the mods to have me not only banned, but drawn and quartered as well!

(Okay, that last part is an exaggeration.)

Otherwise, someone (again, anyone) might take the parody so seriously that they would want to know when the next service will be held and if they can bring a friend who "really doesn't get it". Just remember Fnord's Law ...

"Any sufficiently adept parody of religion is indistinguishable from religion itself."

(Yes, I made that one up, back in the days of 1200 baud modems and dial-up bulletin board systems. Remember FIDO?)