At a meta-level: the discussion in this thread is one that I would hope would be welcomed anywhere that encouraged discussions of religion/politics in the workplace (I also understand workplaces that just don't want any of that).
But sadly, civility is not something I'm widely accustomed to in these debates, so I understand the general defensiveness that accompanies most comments on homosexuality. Which is why I'd favor workplaces not to encourage that sort of discussion at all. Though even then you'd expect a certain amount of prevailing winds, which is why I brought up Mark Noll - the dominant forms of Christianity in the US have largely retreated from making intellectual arguments, so in most intellectual circles you don't many. My answer to "why are universities so liberal" is "because religion went off and built a parallel education system because it didn't respond well to the challenges of evolution and other modern science."
But sadly, civility is not something I'm widely accustomed to in these debates, so I understand the general defensiveness that accompanies most comments on homosexuality. Which is why I'd favor workplaces not to encourage that sort of discussion at all. Though even then you'd expect a certain amount of prevailing winds, which is why I brought up Mark Noll - the dominant forms of Christianity in the US have largely retreated from making intellectual arguments, so in most intellectual circles you don't many. My answer to "why are universities so liberal" is "because religion went off and built a parallel education system because it didn't respond well to the challenges of evolution and other modern science."