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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:23 PM Original message |
OK - who's fault is Prop 8? Not black people, but RELIGION |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. You're preaching to the choir. Thank god someone said it. n/t |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
63. Replace every word with WITCHES. WITCHES are to blame! |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
134. Replace the letter "e" with the number "5" and it would make as much sense as your comment! n/t |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #63 |
136. THEY'VE TURNED ME INTO A NEWT! |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:35 AM Response to Reply #63 |
176. What was it that started that cry? Religion. n/t |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
2. Intolerance, hate and evil know no bounds - scapegoating of entire groups |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Yes but religion isn't merely the other |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. religion SURVIVES by scapegoating the out-group |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. W00t! Exactly |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
117. Which religion? All of them? |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:58 PM Response to Reply #117 |
137. One religion interjected itself into this initiative. The others stayed silent. n/t |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #137 |
139. These people aren't silent |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. 2,600,000 as yet unprocessed, uncounted ballots, still missing San Francicsco's numbers! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Exactly eom |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. Not going to change anything |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:03 PM Response to Reply #39 |
50. You now have all the rural votes. All the young voters in LA had to vote on provisonal ballots. |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #50 |
56. I have a shiny new quarter that says it stays within a few decimal points |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:53 PM Response to Reply #56 |
64. You're on. |
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LynzM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
5. Agreed, Taverner. |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Agreed and also sick of no liquor law on Sundays here in Arkansas |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Aw fuck, I hate Blue Laws |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Take your pick - racism or religious intolerance. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Well, you have churches that supported 8, poured $$$ into it, and mobilized for it |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. a few brazillion easily-duped morans, led by an inner circle of bad apples. |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. And all those blacks, too. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. If you want to go after the Blacks, as you seem to, go after their churches |
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bananas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. No, I don't want to "go after" either the blacks or religion. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
124. Can a person be a liberal AND a bigot? I wouldn't have thought so. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:02 PM Response to Reply #124 |
141. "Some churches were active in this vote" and the others stayed silent. n/t |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #141 |
143. Bullshit |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:07 PM Response to Reply #124 |
145. There are many liberal bigots. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:08 PM Response to Reply #145 |
147. And are rather proud of their bigotry, oddly enough. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #147 |
152. Yes, they think their bigotry actually makes them superior to others, |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. It's not religious intolerance to call churches on their bullshit |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. RIGHT ON!! |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
45. it is, however, when you claim that religion is 100% bullsh*t |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:00 PM Response to Reply #45 |
84. Like it or not, the Constitution calls for a secular government. |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:30 PM Response to Reply #84 |
111. Actually |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
46. Residents of Utah donated $2.5 million to support Prop Hate. Why? |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
83. "Your right to religion ends when it interferes with the rights of others." |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #83 |
107. Yes - that SHOULD be a litmus test for any law enacted |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
48. Do we have to blame everyone and everything equally in order to be progressive? |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. You would be more accurate by saying religious extremist |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Yes, but when's the last time an Atheist flew a plane into a building? |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
23. politics drives just as much violence as religion.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That's because its real. I can show you a "new deal project" |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
29. so killing people over religion is worse than over politics? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. No killing anyone is ethically wrong |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. reason is based on the limits of human beings... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. But through our reason, we can 'offload' analysis to a more perfect observer |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. "relying on reason alone to understand the world falls short" |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. I know, I always get that from the theists |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:05 PM Response to Reply #41 |
53. "relying on reason alone to understand the world falls short" |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #29 |
74. You mean the holocaust where a 'christian' country |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
85. No, but you should also remember that the Holocaust was seen as a religious duty by hitler. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:12 PM Response to Reply #85 |
93. Exactly |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:33 AM Response to Reply #85 |
190. Ah, the Hitler card. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:50 AM Response to Reply #190 |
197. The Hitler card was played in post #29. You have misplaced your reply (nt) |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #29 |
108. Holocaust victims were killed over religion |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
155. Your opinion of religion is irrelevant. In fact, one might conclude that your hostilitiy towards it |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:54 AM Response to Reply #155 |
199. Religion had a lot to do with it, according to the leaders of the pro-Proposition campaign |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:47 PM Response to Reply #23 |
34. It's hard to distinguish religion from politics now |
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Tallison (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #34 |
135. DING, DING, DING! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
58. That's because your premise is wrong. Religion drives most violence not politics. nm |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:35 AM Response to Reply #58 |
192. Give me the stats to back that up. Immediately. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #192 |
213. I don't respond when called stupid. nm |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:34 AM Response to Reply #213 |
214. Then I'll call you a liar for deliberately telling such a hideous fib. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #214 |
223. Now you can call me a liar for responding when I said I wouldn't. |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #13 |
70. You are assuming that every atheist is wholesome. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
196. If 'religious extremists' include the Catholic church |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:21 PM Response to Reply #196 |
222. Every religion has extremist. Catholics are no different. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:57 PM Response to Reply #222 |
239. You mean - the extremist Catholics are their bishops? |
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UnrepentantUnitarian (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not all religions, of course! |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Ahhh but I don't really consider your "church" a "religion" |
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UnrepentantUnitarian (887 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
35. You, of course, have a right to "consider" any way you like... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Faith is belief without evidence |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
149. How convenient for you. They are what they consider themselves. It is not your judgement, but theirs |
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chowder66 (597 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. Education, Education, Education..... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
19. Anyone that's surprised is ignorant of millennia of human history. |
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frogmarch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yep! K&R! |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. so you fight hate by hating? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. No I fight intolerance by shining light on the intolerant |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. do you see all people involved in religion.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Nope - churches will shut down on thier own after time |
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Mesteryo (529 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. you sure love stereotyping.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. No the rapture is just an example of delusion |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
47. isn't the glare gonna hurt your eyes? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. I don't want to kill anyone |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:13 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. depends on how you define suffering |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
76. But that is illogical |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:24 PM Response to Reply #47 |
59. Why do we always get accused of wanting to "kill all religious people"? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. it's the logical conclusion |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:42 PM Response to Reply #65 |
72. You don't get it do you |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
130. so you are just hoping they will all die off and that your hatred will speed things up |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:50 PM Response to Reply #130 |
131. Take my advice and seek community |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:44 PM Response to Reply #65 |
73. No it isn't. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:50 PM Response to Reply #73 |
77. The Marketplace of Ideas |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #73 |
119. you wouldn't want to be painted as a hater |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #65 |
90. That's faithist thinking, not rationalist. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #59 |
71. I don't understand it either |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:43 PM Response to Reply #71 |
123. yeah it's not like science and technology |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
57. No. You fight injustice by telling the truth. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
80. Religion is a choice. Gay isn't. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
86. Hating religious intolerance is not hating believers for *being* believers. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:47 PM Response to Original message |
33. THANK YOU! It's high time we seperate church from state permanently! n/t |
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doyourealize1 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:27 AM Response to Reply #33 |
174. The OP is not calling for a separation of church and state. He/She is debasing religion. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:46 PM Response to Reply #174 |
228. Why not debase religion? It's done nothing but kill, maim, ostracize & destroy people for centuries. |
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petgoat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
37. Of course it couldn't have anything to do with squeamishness about sex, right? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:08 AM Response to Reply #37 |
204. You defeat yourself in argument in your post |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm afraid it's still the people. People reject religious messages when they WANT to. |
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mitchtv (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
52. The scumbags that voted yes |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
54. It's sort of the turd in the punch bowl. We are so used to giving religion a pass |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
60. I wish these posts would STOP ! |
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Flarney (512 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
61. Religion is the king of bullshit... (some nice Carlin stuff below...) |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
62. THANK YOU. Race has nothing to do with it. Religious dogma |
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goodgd_yall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
66. I agree with the content but not the tone |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
67. I blame stupid people. Pure and simple..... |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #67 |
226. Maybe ignorant rather than stupid. "Traditional belief held as sacred" b/c "we've always believed |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. I gotta say, no one has really shot you down in a credible way. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
78. Well that should be the ultimate razor |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
79. I Can't Even Begin To Condone The Intolerance Towards Religion Shown Here. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #79 |
87. So what caused that Sharia Court to stone that 13 year old to death? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #87 |
91. You Are Being Amazingly Closed Minded And Ignorant Here. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:10 PM Response to Reply #91 |
92. OK - I'll bite. If not religion, why did people vote for Prop 8? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #92 |
102. Homophobia. Do You Think Homophobia Is Only Attached To The Religious? Open Your Mind. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:28 PM Response to Reply #102 |
109. OK - ask someone who is non-religious based what their Authority is... |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #109 |
114. You Can't Possibly Be That Narrow And Closed Minded, Can You? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #114 |
115. Then tell me - where did it come from? |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #115 |
127. You Can't Prove A Negative. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #91 |
99. You didn't answer his question. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #99 |
103. The Answer Is Extremism. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:19 PM Response to Reply #91 |
100. You Are Being A Bigot Here, Pal. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:24 PM Response to Reply #100 |
105. Everything I've Stated Is Spot On And Factual. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #105 |
110. No True Scotsman Fallacy here.... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:34 AM Response to Reply #110 |
175. No, that'd be upthread when you claimed Unitarians |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
116. You Are Not Being Factual And Instead Are Biased And Extremist. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #116 |
129. If All You Can Do Is Respond With Sheer Stupidity, Than Expect No Future Replies. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:52 PM Response to Reply #129 |
132. This person didn't answer did they? |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #129 |
156. That's Right. When Confronted By A Rational Viewpoint, The Bigot Always Runs. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:37 AM Response to Reply #156 |
193. No they don't, look around you. Lots of bigots flailing on about |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #193 |
218. lol |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #79 |
97. Here's a clue for you, ace: when it comes to criticizing, NO IDEA IS OFF-LIMITS. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:31 PM Response to Reply #97 |
112. Intolerance Is Unacceptable. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:37 PM Response to Reply #112 |
118. So when did we become tolerant of intolerance? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:07 AM Response to Reply #97 |
169. Religion is not "an idea"--it covers the varied beliefs of billions |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #79 |
234. Maybe a better term would have been "religionist" versus "spiritualist" |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:21 PM Response to Reply #79 |
242. *DING* *DING* *DING* We have a winner! The irony is also astounding... |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
82. Religion does have the unique trait of pushing unproven - or disproven - myth as fact... |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:25 PM Response to Reply #82 |
106. This is so true |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
88. So religion is more effective for black people? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #88 |
96. Exactly. It wasn't just Black people who voted for Prop 8 |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:21 PM Response to Reply #96 |
101. I don't buy that, I think the underlying *culture* is also to blame. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:23 PM Response to Reply #101 |
104. I don't buy culture at all - culture is a result of religion |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #104 |
221. There's something distinct in *that* culture that *clearly* seperates them from the rest. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #96 |
122. Why do you seek to fight bigotry with bigotry |
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pinerow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
89. My Post on the subject |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
94. DOMA will be repealed eventually, though. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:15 PM Response to Reply #94 |
98. FRACK I HOPE SO |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:41 PM Response to Reply #98 |
121. I don't like what you're saying |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #121 |
125. Not arguing |
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bluedawg12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
95. OK, organised, religion from the Big Three who use scripture |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:32 PM Response to Original message |
113. 75% of the people at my church are open-minded Democrats |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #113 |
120. That's irrelevant |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:47 PM Response to Reply #120 |
126. So? |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:48 PM Response to Reply #126 |
128. Just tell me the source |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 07:55 PM Response to Reply #128 |
133. Clarify. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:03 PM Response to Reply #133 |
142. I think you are confusing spirituality and religion. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:05 PM Response to Reply #142 |
144. But that is still to broad a brush. Religion can be misused just like anything else |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:09 PM Response to Reply #144 |
148. Well Said. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #144 |
154. This tool is designed to manipulate and influence people. So, it is doing what it is supposed to do. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #154 |
157. My church is not an exception |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:45 PM Response to Reply #157 |
158. Answer this question: What other argument is there against gay marriage than religion? |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #158 |
160. One argument I've heard against gay marriage is an economic one |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:45 AM Response to Reply #160 |
179. I am sure that there is at least one person out there who objects based |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:51 PM Response to Reply #179 |
229. You know what? Nevermind. Apparently you don't know the difference between a fiscal Republican and |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:23 PM Response to Reply #229 |
231. Yes, I do know the difference between a fiscal conservative |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #231 |
237. I don't think so. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #158 |
164. Tradition is the alternative argument |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:52 AM Response to Reply #164 |
180. Ok, good to know, but doesn't change the argument at all. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:01 PM Response to Reply #126 |
140. Try again, on many counts. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:13 PM Response to Reply #140 |
151. I'm just saying that to blame religion as a whole is too broad a brush |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
150. I tend to agree that religion was the factor and not race, but I do not agree |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
153. Yep. Religion is bullshit, and it is harming our society grievously. |
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 10:06 PM Response to Reply #153 |
163. Atheism Is Bullshit, And It Is Harming Our Society Grievously. |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:55 AM Response to Reply #163 |
181. Brown cows love BBQ. |
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kwassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
159. So, how do you deal with churches that welcome and support gay people? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
161. Calif. win emboldens coalition of religious groups |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
162. Amend that to intolerant religion since some Churches stay out of the bedroom. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:08 AM Response to Reply #162 |
170. The haters don't care. |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
165. I hate to piss on everyone's parade, but... |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:07 AM Response to Reply #165 |
183. "Do the fucking math, people." Let's not drag math into this. |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #183 |
217. Pointless |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:22 PM Response to Reply #217 |
224. Wrong. |
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Riktor (476 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:07 PM Response to Reply #224 |
236. Demographics are more important |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:56 PM Response to Reply #236 |
238. Which brings us back to: who perpetuates that ignorance? Religion, of course! n/t |
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MellowDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-07-08 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
166. Too Broad |
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asteroid2003QQ47 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:54 AM Response to Original message |
167. Harvey Milk said it best-- |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:03 AM Response to Original message |
168. The new DU = more hate, more open about embracing it |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:12 AM Response to Original message |
171. Yes, religion and its bigotry are the culprits. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:43 AM Response to Reply #171 |
178. Blanket attacks on entire demographics are always wrong. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:10 AM Response to Reply #178 |
184. A religion isn't a demographic. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:30 AM Response to Reply #184 |
188. The letter included religious people. Maybe you forgot that part. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:34 AM Response to Reply #188 |
191. Rationally rejecting ancient superstitions is thinking. Following them is not. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:40 AM Response to Reply #191 |
195. A very poor attempt to change the subject. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:52 AM Response to Reply #195 |
198. whatever |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:59 AM Response to Reply #188 |
202. Really? Thinking that religion is the problem is as bad as denying the GLBT community |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:12 AM Response to Reply #178 |
185. "Religion" isn't a group. It is an organizing tool initiated in ancient times to |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:32 AM Response to Reply #185 |
189. A hint: in the future, read what you're responding to |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:57 AM Response to Reply #189 |
200. What did I misinterpret? You wrote in response to a post attacking religion |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:07 AM Response to Reply #200 |
203. you're getting "the treatment" |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:23 AM Response to Reply #203 |
206. Well, he's an idget then, isn't he? n/t |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #206 |
220. See what I mean? |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #203 |
211. Oh geez, you're one to talk. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #200 |
212. No, genius, you missed the whole plot |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:43 AM Response to Reply #212 |
216. Does it show? The fact that I am a genius? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:39 AM Response to Reply #185 |
194. It is incontrovertible that opposition to homosexual rights is based upon religion. |
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iamthebandfanman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:22 AM Response to Original message |
172. its not just simply religion, im afraid to say |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:21 AM Response to Reply #172 |
186. One other way you should view it, is from a natural point of view |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:40 AM Response to Reply #186 |
210. I would imagine your response is largely cultural. |
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doyourealize1 (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:25 AM Response to Original message |
173. Sorry, I have to disagree with your post |
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really annoyed (650 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:42 AM Response to Original message |
177. People Who Supported Prop 8 |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 05:57 AM Response to Original message |
182. There's another rec for you. This is the first post on this issue I've replied to, |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
187. CHRISTIAN: rebranded PHARISEE. MAN has ruined SPIRITUALITY with RELIGION |
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Bryn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:15 PM Response to Reply #187 |
219. Also, "Christianity" hurt Hawaiians |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 06:58 AM Response to Original message |
201. Oh, so if these homophobes were atheists, they would stop being homophobes? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:24 AM Response to Reply #201 |
207. Most of them would, I think |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:28 AM Response to Reply #207 |
208. The latter |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #208 |
232. This is a chicken and the egg problem. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #232 |
233. You're taking your cultural and moral framework... |
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renie408 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #201 |
215. So, you think that straight people, without 2500 years of religious |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
205. Church attendance is the big problem: here are the exit poll numbers |
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LatteLibertine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
209. Religion |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
225. I appreciate that the mod's let this thread run. It is good to have a strong debate. nm |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
227. Yep, the fundie whack jobs won't rest until everyone thinks and believes as they do. |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
230. Why isn't there as much outrage about what passed in AR, AZ, and FL |
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1Hippiechick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
235. Our constitution was written by Christian slave owners. 'Nuff said. n/t Kick AGAIN |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:17 PM Response to Reply #235 |
241. Many of our founding fathers were not Christians. Can you be specific? nm |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
240. California as an average is less religious than the rest of the country. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #240 |
243. Were is the statistic that Calif is less religious? Also the LDS church members donated huge amounts |
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