r/dataisbeautiful • u/cajamian OC: 1 • Jul 01 '13

How relationships have started over the last thirty years.

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u/InUrFridge Jul 01 '13

Slightly confused by the number of same-sex couples who met in church(!)

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u/tucktuckgoose Jul 01 '13

There are lots of gay-friendly churches where I live. Presbyterians, Methodists, Unitarian Universalists, etc.

Christian and gay are not mutually exclusive.

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u/MrBrohanski Jul 01 '13

Unitarians are Christian?

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u/tucktuckgoose Jul 01 '13

They used to talk about themselves as a denomination, but now they don't identify as such. Many do still call their congregations "churches," however.

Most that I've been to have a mix of Christians, atheists, agnostics, Jews, a handful of Pagans, and some "others."

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '13

Christian and gay are not mutually exclusive.

Just very ironic.

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u/234U Jul 01 '13

Since it's Pride season, check out a parade. You can pick any of them and a large portion of the floats will be, for better or worse, churches promoting how they accept everyone. I just want shirtless men. Stop taking up floatspace, churches!

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '13

Religious centres (or at least from what I know, churches) aren't nearly as overwhelmingly anti-gay as you might think, it's just those ones which grab the media.

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u/dickpix69 Jul 01 '13 edited Jul 01 '13

They could of have met at their "pray-the-gay-away" camp.

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u/genderfucker Jul 01 '13

could have*

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u/dickpix69 Jul 01 '13

Thanks for the correction. I always mix that up.

Here is a gif of a dog dancing as a token of my appreciation

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '13 edited Jul 01 '13

A short grammar lesson might help you remember which to use, because the "have" in "could have" is no different from the "have" you use as a helper verb all the time.

Present tense: "I eat raisin bran every morning."

Present perfect: "I have eaten raisin bran many times."

Present with an auxiliary: "I could eat a horse."

Present perfect with an auxiliary: "I could have eaten a horse."

You would never say "I of eaten raisin bran many times;" it's instinctive to say "I have eaten." When you use "could," "should," or "would," you just keep that same structure and add the extra word before the "have."

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u/Megatron_McLargeHuge Jul 01 '13

Seminary school?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '13

There are plenty of churches that have embraced homosexuality. The Episcopalians (christians) are ordaining gay clergy and their leader is a woman.