Ex-Church of Christ Support Board

sonicraig, I think you still are misunderstanding my point about informed consent age. It is your opinion that a certain age group is not ready to handle marriage and parenting. But that is merely your opinion. It is not a scientifically provable reality. As you and I both know, some people at age 5...

Sonicraig said: We generally don't let children decide they can't marry adults or each other because they have to be able to give informed consent. They have to be able to fully recognize and understand what they're getting into, and the vast majority of children, if not all of them, are not capable...

I don't see why the LGBTQ supporters are limiting marriage being between 2 people. Why not 12 people, 6 men and 6 women? And while they're at it, why not redefine "consenting adult?" It is merely a societal construct that created the rule of law defining an adult as a person 18 years or ol...

The Supreme Court Ruling is being celebrated as a triumph for LGBTQ supporters. My question is, why are bisexuals celebrating this ruling? They still are limited to marrying only one person, while they identify as being attracted to both genders. Wouldn't it be more consistent for everyone celebrsti...

I'm glad you're here!

KLP, I hear you. I think the Politically Correct thing that started years ago has completely run amok with the increase in social media. Now, it's very hard to merely state what I think about something without being attacked if it's whatever is out there as THE thing to think about said issue. The o...

My husband is not a Christian or affiliated with any religion, so it's never been an issue. We enjoy how the other thinks about spiritual/religious things, and we learn from each other and give each other a really wide berth when it comes to personal beliefs such as religion.

Glad you're here!

It really all depends on things like the nature of your current church (i.e. how fundamentalist it is), your age and family situation (i.e. if you're 17 and living at home, that's different from being 60 and fully independent), the quality of the relationships you're concerned about, the part of the...

Scott, I'm really sorry to hear that your dad died when you were 13. I bet that was devastating. I'm so sorry and wish that hadn't happened.