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Originally Posted by Stuart C
The rules are, as I understand them, that it is wrong for Males and Females to mix. At least for Muslims. I personally think that we should all be encouraged to mix with the opposite sex. Some Muslims do not follow that ideal. I bought up the example of homosexuality with good reason. As I understand it, the Bible is fairly explicit in it's condemnation of homosexuality, so if a Christian is to follow the bible to the letter, they should condemn homosexuality. Not all Christians do.
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bringing up the concept of secondary issues (or tertiary and so on) is an important idea. To me (perhaps in my imaginings) you and zinglebarb are saying more similar things than you perhaps think. For me how worked up people get about secondary or tertiary issues is an acid test of how conservative (or in the language of the day that I don't like how "extreme" or "fundamentalist") they are. It is so applicable to so many of these arguments.
I think it's a shame that a gym has closed over such a minor issue.