Oklahoma state house passes bill banning atheists from getting married

[Binkie The Clown]

http://metro.co.uk/2015/03/17/oklahoma-is-banning-atheists-from-getting-married-5107328/

In what has been described as a not-so-covert attack on gay marriage, a bill banning non-religious people from marrying and requiring all marriage licences be approved by a member of the clergy has been passed in Oklahoma.

The bill, which was approved by the Oklahoma state House last week and will now go to the state Senate for consideration, would restrict marriage only to people of faith.

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[Stryst]

1. There is no way that this is going to hold up.

The right wing is gong to be stepping the crazy up to 11 until next November. Lets see how many of them decide to crap on the constitution while screaming about the second amendment until red in the face.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. I hope they keep it up.

This is just a sign of the times. They are actively working for the end of them.

[AlbertCat]

11. They are actively working for the end of them.

Hubris



They didn't listen in class when studying Greek tragedy.

[Downwinder]

3. I thought Oklahoma did away with marriage.

[Arugula Latte]

4. But I've been told that atheists are just as bad as theists in their militancy,

so I'm sure some other state legislature has passed similar legislation banning religious people from getting married, right?

[Binkie The Clown]

5. Last time I drove through town...

...I didn't see an atheist indoctrination center on every third corner. Religious indoctrination centers, on the other hand, are more common these days than gas stations or convenience stores.

[trotsky]

6. Well Richard Dawkins writes books saying he doesn't like religion.

So yeah, it's completely the same as voting to take away rights from a group of people!

[Arugula Latte]

7. Right, and not only that, sometimes atheists put up BILLBOARDS and SUBWAY SIGNS

and say MEAN THINGS on the INTERNET!!!11!1!

[RussBLib]

8. watch for an explosion of out-of-wedlock children

IF the law stays intact, which is dubious.

The poor theists are so confused.

[Curmudgeoness]

9. They may think that they are just stopping gay marriage,

but apparently they have not thought this through. All LGBT's are not atheists, and all atheists are not LGBT's. So they would stop me from getting married as well, because I am sure that no clergy would "bless" me.

There is no level too low for them to stoop. They bitch about unwed mothers, and sex outside of marriage, and the demise of the "family", yet they are willing to stop marriages---and yes, many marriages of heterosexuals as well. I would believe that they were more religious if they would have banned divorce.

[Lordquinton]

10. for a laugh check my thread in the other place

On this topic, there should be no question that this is a horrible thing, and indicative of a greatee problem, but people will still deflect and find ways to blame anythingbut what's actually responsible.

[awoke_in_2003]

12. I never visit the other place...

I would like to keep my sanity.