hortysir
In Memorial of 47
One should also be 'picky' when choosing friends. I would challenge anyone who doesn't believe that to cruise on down to the projects and bring home a couple of pimps and hos for their teenagers to be friends with.
Our Constitution guarantees us Freed of Association. Freedom of association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BUT:
If a muslim wants to only marry and be friends with other muslims, he/she is not a bigot.
If a Jew wants only to marry and be friends with other Jews, he/seh is not a bigot. (And it's interesting because you aren't a Jew unless your mother is a Jew. They don't take chances.)
If a black person wants only to marry and be friends with other black people, he/she is not a bigot.
BUT.....
If a white Christian only wants to marry and be friends with other white Chrsitians, he/she is a bigot.
And all of the above is largely what's wrong with the concept of tolerance in this country.
Jesus didn't only associate with His disciples. In fact, His Apostles weren't always believers. Thomas had to be reassured on a daily basis.
Jesus hung out with the "pimps and hos", drunkards, lepers and any number of other "unclean" people.
Why can't we?
We're commanded to spread the Gospel. That's pretty hard to do when you stay within your own Christian circle.
So you bring project dwellers into your home to socialize with your children? Somehow, I really doubt it. I would bet at least a cyber dollar that you have cautioned your own children to hang out with their own kind.
I've posted a similar story, on here somewhere, of when I have, in fact, brought a homeless "derelict" into my home (with all my kids and grandkids in attendance).
I must ask what you mean by "project dwellers" and "their own kind".
I've lived in the "projects" with people of all kinds.
Sounds 'bigoted' to me....