To those bemoaning the presence of the divine in the inauguration

[JoeyT]

174. Yes, an atheist that makes the exact same arguments as Christians

that are trying to force prayer into schools and city council chambers.

It's weird that the people cheering this on are almost a perfect overlap with the people that thought Rick Warren was a fine man and all these stupid gays should stop bitching about Obama choosing him. And the same people that defended the choice of the SECOND preacher that hated GLBT people, who was withdrawn after GLBT people and their allies pitched a fit.

So I don't see this as a "Atheists should STFU" thread so much as a "No minority has a right to criticize Him. In His greatness and wisdom, His choices are perfect because He made them." kind of thread. The one where a minority group that dares to criticize Obama gets told they deserve whatever happens to them. I'm sure someone will deny it, to which the appropriate response is "7".

Edited to add: I agree with using references to deities, but not for the reason you stated and not for the reasons many people here give. My reason for agreeing with it is because there are a lot of people that would one hundred percent lose their ever-loving minds if it weren't there. Were I in Obama's shoes, I'd have done it too.

What I wouldn't do is tell a minority group that was offended by it that they had no right to be offended. (Obama hasn't done that, and I doubt he would. Many of his supporters will, though.)