Reply #14: Thanks, ThomCat. [View All]

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To butcher the paraphrasing of another person's quote: "Without religion, good people would do good, and bad people would do bad. But, it takes religion to make good people do bad things."

For the record, I have few issues with people using religious texts in order to raise bright, well-behaved children. The problems I have are concerned with religion being brought to the public sphere in the guise of political debate, a la, abortion rights, gay marriage and DADT.

When a politician has the nerve to say my gay sister has no right to government-provided marriage benefits, or to deny a loving gay couple of the option to adopt, based solely on religious grounds, that is when I'm outraged. If a person uses the Bible to say "God hates fags" they should also be holding a sign stating God's hatred for Divorce and Adultery. And I'm doubly perplexed when it's a divorced "Christian" who attacks gay marriage or gay families, as if they have some moral superiority due to their being "straight."

Sorry to rant in response, especially when I just wanted to say thanks.