If a restaurant owner were to throw out a group that prayed when they sat down to eat because prayer

[cleanhippie]

"doesn't align with the atheist philosophy of our organization", this country would be in full-fucking crisis mode, all networks all the time.

The silence about this outright discrimination and bigotry is appalling, yet so expected.


http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wwjtd/2013/04/camp-quest-oklahoma-kicked-out-of-their-own-fundraiser-by-christian-business-owner/



There is a thread about this in religion, too.

[Act_of_Reparation]

1. Christian privilege...

...it's never bigotry when THEY do it

[Curmudgeoness]

2. How true. Turn this around, and it is major news.

This is just another in a long list of reasons why Christians disgust me these days. It never used to be this bad, but ever since the "this is a Christian country" contingency has gotten so vocal, they have become sanctimonious twits.

At least OK Joe's BBQ will never be working with a group with the purpose of providing "fun, friends and free-thought, featuring science, natural wonder and humanist values" to children again.

Oh, I just realized, they did not use the words SATAN LOVING ATHEIST in the flyer.

[TxDemChem]

3. I tried to send them a tweet, but the page is down.

I was born an Okie and feel it is my right to let them know if they are acting like assholes. That's fine. I'll just call them from some random number.

[Phillip McCleod]

4. it'd be awesome..

..not necessarily in the positive sense of 'awe'..

you mean, like if an applebee's (hah!!) kicked a batch of boyscouts out after agreeing to help raise funds, because they started saying grace?

'grace.. grace.. graaaaaaaaaaaaacccccccce.. .. aaaahhhhhhmmeeeeeee--'

'get out!'

the right wing fundies would open the pits of hate upon us all.