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In reply to the discussion: Religious Freedom?? We need a new term. [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)34. I think there is a yearning for simpler, better days.
You know, the ones where everyone was white, straight and christian, lol.
This legislator from AZ who made the idiotic statements about passing a law that said everyone had to go to church talked precisely about that. She wants to go back to the 50's.
Obama had it right when he talked about people clinging to their guns and bibles when they felt scared.
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I'm not a fan of lumping. Call people assholes if they are assholes, and call people
MADem
Mar 2015
#4
Huh? People at the Unitarian Universalist church "believe" but they don't "hate."
MADem
Mar 2015
#14
I don't presume to speak for them but I had a cousin who was active in that church and
MADem
Mar 2015
#35
Well, they came out in droves for my cousin's funeral, from all walks of life, all circumstances,
MADem
Mar 2015
#38
Your OP didn't include that reference point--it appeared generic, so I took it that way.
MADem
Mar 2015
#10
I like that as well because it can be applied to other areas besides these laws.
cbayer
Mar 2015
#25
Telling children that non-believers are going to hell is threatening nobody
Starboard Tack
Mar 2015
#54
I chose "Religious Discrimination" at first, but that smacked of martyrdom, so I changed my vote
BlueCaliDem
Mar 2015
#56