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But in an irony too great to ignore, the parties of god find themselves as untouched as their ideal unmarried woman:
The ordinance applies to businesses that serve the public, private employers, housing, city employment and city contracting. Religious institutions would be exempt.
The act is growing tiresome. When Pope Francis flashes the slightest sign that he and by extension the Catholic Church may be softening on gay rights, for example, he is hailed as a progressive. In reality, he remains to the right of George W. Bush on gay issues. Or take his steadfast position against womens ordination into the priesthood. Imagine a corporation that reserved executive positions for only men. It would be boycotted until it either changed the policy or went broke.
http://thedailybanter.com/2014/05/how-to-get-away-with-bigotry-in-just-3-words/
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Remember these three words, and you can get away with holding some of the most ludicrous beliefs against common decency and good sense imaginable.
Gay people shouldnt be able to marry. Its my faith.
People whose religions are different from mine are going to hell. Its my faith.
Atheists shouldnt be president. Its my faith.
Jews cause mischief and corruption. Its my faith.
Women should sit at the back of the bus. Its my faith.
Apostasy should be punishable by death. Its my faith.
I murdered a woman. Its my faith.
And on and on with this patently dangerous nonsense that, were it not divinely sanctioned, would be universally dismissed out of hand as the garbage that it is. Instead, these sentiments have justification in sacred texts written by ignorant men of antiquity who knew less about the world than a modern day middle school student. Yet amazingly, not only do believers accept these ideas as facts, but even those who do not, actually respect these dearly held beliefs.
We see it often enough here on DU where criticism of the pope and his misogynistic, homophobic organization by its victims is called "bigotry".
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)But with a small intellectual arsenal only compromised of deflection, obfuscation, and cognitive dissonance, such responses are to be expected.
I pity the Dolts.
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)It's the only way they can defend the Church from uppity atheists.
And persecution fantasies are part of the religion, too.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)Just imagine if it happened to you:
When there are uppity atheists in the neighborhood, who you gonna call?
beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Because of faith.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)I had a conversation with a DU theist about the many absurdities of the story of Moses
Whenever I would ask how he could believe in the official story despite such and such impossiblity,
the answer came back as a mantra: I take it on Faith
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)From being unable to explain simple stories all the way to genocide. Biggest umbrella in the world.
Note, this is hyperboly, i hope juries at least can grasp basic english comprehension.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)British imams requested that religions be excluded and that request was granted.
Yorktown
(2,884 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Cause if god tells you to do it, it's not hate somehow. I guess that's why some think that right wing atheists are so bad cause they don't have god on their shoulder telling them to hate, but if you look at the big picture their hate lines up with the cultural hate that religions have left behind.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)if they're endorsed by gawd? It says so right in the holy bible, so it must be true.
Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)Cause people actually take it seriously.