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15. Religion -- the main force of regression, repression and ignorance in the USA.

Wed May 29, 2013, 01:46 PM

May 2013

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ABC: Churches Cutting Ties To Scouts Over New Policy Accepting Gays [View all] stopbush May 2013 OP

Just as well.. SoCalDem May 2013 #1

My first thought as well. callous taoboy May 2013 #8

Yes you do hate people Mr. Page! hrmjustin May 2013 #2

The best thing that could happen to any secular group!!!! siligut May 2013 #3

The Boy Scouts are not a secular group jmowreader May 2013 #19

Thank you, I didn't know siligut May 2013 #20

Interesting, Mormons are on board with the gay scout thing Brother Buzz May 2013 #6

This may offer hope to gay Mormons siligut May 2013 #7

Suits me just fine. backscatter712 May 2013 #5

It's like a smaller version of the Democrats losing the racists. Marr May 2013 #9

Bonus! n/t LadyHawkAZ May 2013 #10

+1. Good riddance to the homophobic churches. JustABozoOnThisBus May 2013 #24

Yes, because Jesus HATED gay people. closeupready May 2013 #11

Way back when I wanted to get into the Cub Scouts hobbit709 May 2013 #12

My troop was in a church zipplewrath May 2013 #13

Bigots. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #14

Frank Page is very wrong about Baptists not hating people jmowreader May 2013 #16

There's a local SBC megachurch that banned a softball team Rob H. May 2013 #22

The churches are outing themselves Zoeisright May 2013 #21

If some churches get smaller by offending more people, Ilsa May 2013 #23

Good. gcomeau May 2013 #26

So much for 'love the sinner, hate the sin' Major Nikon May 2013 #27

This is pretty much what I expected to see. Nika May 2013 #28

But you DO hate people! Ever heard of discrimination Frank? Rex May 2013 #30

good idea...keep the church out of boy scouts. madrchsod May 2013 #31

Wow... SummerSnow May 2013 #32