Hexl702 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Right, I don't think anyone forces some of those racist pastors in the South to marry black/white couples if they don't want to.

xa25 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

atheist suck!

hacchichu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

You have a lot of fucking good points. I praise you :P

flyingscience (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Watch a gay atheist convert a room full of atheists into God believers in minutes to illustrate con men of religion -must see ! "Derren Brown - The so called Messiah 4 of 8"

imrational (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

BigG99, If homosexual marriage is allowed, it doesn't force clergy to marry them. Clergy could still restrict who they marry. It's the Justice of the Peace, a PUBLIC office that would do such marriages. For what it's worth, I don't think the government should marry anyone.

imrational (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

alexns, I value freedom, which America was founded on. Apparently, you are more interested in theocracy. I suggest that it is you who should leave if you hate freedom so much. I hear that Iran has a theocracy already set up... why don't you move there?

alexns (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

if you dont like it, gtfo n stfu, it works every time! monkey boy.

nobagav (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"...many, are probably not going to be honest if they are non-believers" The last numbers I heard were that there are at least 8 closeted atheists in the US Senate and as many as 30 in the House.

nobagav (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"just getting the issue out there in the open..." I understand what you are saying, but by the same token, you don't seem to understand. The way the issue has been spun in the past actually hurts any atheist causes. No one winds up thinking, it just turns into an irrelevant hostility over patriotism because of the way the US Christian propaganda works. There are humanist movements in the works, but the fight over the pledge is a bad one right now.

nobagav (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

"would threaten or impinge on religious freedom...like stopping Obama from allowing a pastor to pray at his inaguration" You clearly do not understand the nature of these laws or the bill of rights if you think this is the case. Someone choosing to pray in public has nothing to do with things like blue laws. If no such laws existed, a person's right to choose to pray in public would still be guaranteed under the first amendment. And no one is trying to force a pastor to do anything...