Re: Full on assault? It's more like a count-attack
Originally posted by RichardPeterJohnson:
right wing religious whakos have been working for 30 years to impose their religious beliefs on everyone....abortion, school prayer, hanging the 10 commandments everywhere, and now the gay marriage stuff. If your religious beliefs are against abortion, don't have one. If you want your kids to pray, pray at home or church. If you don't like gay marriage, marry the opposite sex. Religious fundamentalists have been on a mission to intertwine religion and politics since Falwell started his Moral Majority. It is counter to the basic tenets of this country's founding. And many of us have had enough.
This post certainly illustrates the difference in the way people think and also proves my point about people assaulting religion.
As to your specific examples:
Abortion: While some may couch it in religion, it is more of a moral issue. It is the belief that those unborn fetuses are in fact living beings and don't have the ability to fight for themselves in the decision. While there are certainly extreme cases that can be made in instances of incest and rape, they are not of the majority practice. Abortion is used as a means of birth control and essentially is a genocide of youth. The argument that a woman's body is hers to choose with what she will is ludicrous. She has no right to murder her child because she doesn't want it. When I see a heartbeat, its a person. Plain and simple. However, the argument that tax dollars should not be used to pay for them through planned parent hood is a very valid point with those who are religious. Any attempt to do otherwise is an assault on that person's belief.
School Prayer: It has been reported over and over how even unorganized prayer sessions have been under attack. A kid was suspended for doing the Tebow pose and giving thanks to the lord. His beliefs were being assaulted. Why should a kid have to pray at home? Why can't they pray at school?
Your post illustrates how you are doing the exact same thing you are in angst about. Your beliefs have gained traction and now you and people who are like minded are on a mission to trample on those you disagree with to force your non-belief on them. Basically, you're just as fvcking bad as the evangelicals and frankly, you both disgust me. You can't just leave people alone to practice how they want which as already pointed out is in fact an assault on the Christian faith.
