Reply #100: Did you know [View All]

[lazarus]

That a recent poll showed "atheist" to be the least likely minority to get elected president? Way down the list, below homosexual, woman, black, Muslim.

I've been physically assaulted. I've been threatened repeatedly. I've been terminated from jobs, and then told by the government official I should complain to that his biggest concern wasn't my job, but why I was an atheist.

I've been told that my atheism was likely to cost me a custody battle for my daughter. My ex-wife can apparently go through marriages like they're going out of style, but because she hits the church once every couple of months, she's a better parent.

There's a Catholic on the Supreme Court. How many open atheists are up there? There's been a Catholic President. How many atheist Presidents?

Heck, how many atheist characters are on television? We have gay sitcoms, Christian sitcoms, black sitcoms. Is there an atheist sitcom around? The closest we get is the Simpsons making snarky comments about religion. But notice they go to church even still.

Yeah, we can play duelling discrimination all day long, if you want. The point is, it was Christians discriminating against me. Who was discriminating against you? Most likely, other Christians. Not atheists.

It's the Dominionist fundamentalists I have a problem with here. Let's make sure we have that straight. And I think it's fairly obvious that Mel is one of them, and that this movie is playing into their hands.