Just gonna dig right in and make it worse, eh?

The problem is twofold.

Using a misogynistic "compliment" designed to compare to a man, on a transwoman?

Never underestimate the cognitive dissonance of conservative Christians. They're fucking nuts.

But their pastors have told them that the slavery verses are, for whatever reason, not supposed to be taken literally.

Ask those friends what they think of slavery, and then remind them that their bible endorses it completely.

That's total crap. She made the choice to believe that. Every Christian cherry-picks the bible. For instance, the bible LOVES slavery, but Sherri doesn't. That means she chose to disagree with her bible on that issue.

LOL ok. Party on!

No, we're talking about the Christian heaven specifically, so all those people are damned, along with me for not being a Christian.

Agreed completely. You absolutely cannot be a good person AND believe someone else deserves to burn in a fire for eternity. Period. That belief means you have a rotten core incapable of forgiveness.

One of the few things worse than a hateful bigot is a bigot who's pretending to do it out of love.

Unfortunately, it would be full of politicians, cops, bankers and Islamic terrorists too...

Yah, Barbara Walters sure called her out on that one, except she wasn't talking about evolution. She was asked if the world was round... seriously.

I disagree with her beliefs but that's not going to change her opinion. I'd rather people like her openly discuss their opinions, wouldn't you

I'm not ignoring anything. You're saying I'm saying things I never said. I said it's gender AND race. You insist I'm saying it's only gender.

Indeed. I like to tell such people that you're born gay, but being Christian is a lifestyle choice.

• I get that Sherri Shepherd is a nice person (probably)

What's the Nelly incident?

Learn some manners and I'll stop dismissing your posts. You don't need to swear at me and call me all kinds of nasty names. Discuss like an adult or I won't participate.

Sexism IS more pervasive than racism. That doesn't mean it's better or worse, or that one is important and the other isn't.