To those bemoaning the presence of the divine in the inauguration

[Major Nikon]

395. It seems the more you get backed into a corner, the snarkier you get

A culture founded in support of particular beliefs sounds a hell of a lot like a religion to me.

It's not, so it's anyone's guess what you are trying to say here.

And as my link shows that minority status has nothing to do with numbers and is in effect pertains to political power/clout which would most definitely put women in that criteria.

I never claimed women aren't a minority group. I'm saying your definition, if strictly adhered to as you seem to think it should be, would specifically exclude women as a minority group. Was this not clear enough?

Your comment about the second criteria:

2) the dominate group doesn't disapprove of the cultural and/or physical characteristics of women. Definition not met.

says everything that needs to be said and explains your mindset more than any of the other drivel you've typed much as your little friends' comment about "never seeing a black man be discriminated against" said about his.

I didn't find an argument there anywhere. Just your opinion which I place no value on. Apparently you can't address #2 and you completely ignored #5, as if I wouldn't notice.

I even mentioned in another post that in South Africa, though whites would be the minority (to use your laughably unsophisticated definition of the word) in terms of numbers, by every ACADEMIC definition of the word minority, they would not be considered minorities. But hey, I can understand why you'd choose to believe otherwise. You've run yourself in so many circles that I'm not surprised you're a bit lost and dizzy.

I didn't define the term. You did. I've never mentioned anything other than your definition in this entire thread. So if you think it's laughable and unsophisticated, you don't have far to go for blame.

And it absolutely boggles my mind that you honestly believe that your links saying that the public distrusts atheists means anything regarding acquiring GENUINE minority status in this country. And even your links saying that atheists are a minority are full of anecdotal information and it's all about the public "not liking" atheists, not ONE WORD about being denied rights. Alot of people don't like Congress either and they represent a small portion of the population too. Does that make Congress a minority now too?

I never claimed my links demonstrated public distrust of atheists. You can go back and read what I actually claimed and argue from that basis if you like. I find your strawman tactic of pretending I claimed something I never did and arguing from that basis quite dishonest. I also never claimed qualification of a minority group requires a "small portion of the population too." So you managed to work in two strawmen in one paragraph here. Furthermore whatever evidence I've presented is head and shoulders above what you've offered which is nothing more than a wiki page that says exactly the opposite of your claim. Everything else is simply your opinion based on a definition that you can't even reconcile with other minority groups.

Go up thread. Someone posted a link of states that don't allow atheists to hold public office. That one post is worth all 50 of yours in this thread as that is something that comes close to detailing actual discrimination which comes a hell of a lot closer to identifying minority status than anything you've posted, your numerous cited polls (POLLS!!!!!) notwithstanding.

You never disputed atheists weren't discriminated against. Why should I waste time arguing something you've already conceded?

So bored with this now.

It might be more interesting if you could actually discuss a topic without subterfuge, logical fallacies, and condescension in lieu of reason.