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Atheists & Agnostics

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts) Fri May 11, 2012, 04:02 PM May 2012

So i just had a Marriage Equality argument with my Atheist, Conservative co-worker [View all]

You heard me - I said atheist conservative - and tea-bagger to boot.

He said MARRIAGE SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE CHURCHES. When I got done laughing I asked him if he realized that church has nothing to do with marriage - that's just where a lot of ceremonies are performed. Marriages are official when 2 people go get their marriage license.

"Wellll, that's not how it used to be"

I asked him if he realized if it was left up to churches only, then he wouldn't be allowed to get married - being an atheist and all...he said I was probably right...having met his wife I have to wonder if maybe that isn't his secret wish...

Then I asked him if he wanted to go back to the times when churches routinely performed same sex marriages (http://www.iheartchaos.com/post/22806986381/the-time-when-same-sex-marriage-was-a-christian-rite) and he didn;t believe such a thing ever happened.

He's grumping and giving me the silent treatment right now. Hallelujah!

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So i just had a Marriage Equality argument with my Atheist, Conservative co-worker [View all] OriginalGeek May 2012 OP

uh huh. sure. ret5hd May 2012 #1

? OriginalGeek May 2012 #2

Not sure what you mean by this, so I won't tell you to fuck-off and get out of this safe-haven cleanhippie May 2012 #3

I mean, exactly, I don't believe his story. ret5hd May 2012 #4

I have no reason NOT to believe the story. cleanhippie May 2012 #5

uhhhh...okely dokely ret5hd May 2012 #6

As I stated already... cleanhippie May 2012 #7

do you mean call as telephone, or "call him on it" ? ret5hd May 2012 #8

Yeah, you should give him a call and have a chat. cleanhippie May 2012 #9

kinda my feeling also. ret5hd May 2012 #10

My apologies. cleanhippie May 2012 #11

I've posted a few times before OriginalGeek May 2012 #16

I met an atheist who believed that being pro-choice was inflicting my views on the anti-choicers... cynatnite May 2012 #13

Yep, I've met somebody like this as well. (nt) eqfan592 May 2012 #28

I've indeed met atheists who believed marriage was a purely religious rite... eqfan592 May 2012 #27

You'd think his head would explode from so much opposition occupying the same space. n/t cynatnite May 2012 #12

Yeah you'd think OriginalGeek May 2012 #18

It seems like the religous conservative aspects of his upbringing just stayed with him... cynatnite May 2012 #21

"How it used to be" in America frogmarch May 2012 #14

Yeah he didn't want to hear from me about any of that OriginalGeek May 2012 #17

Sounds like an Ayn Rand atheist, to me. daaron May 2012 #15

Just goes to show that "atheist"... rexcat May 2012 #19

I will admit to being as surprised OriginalGeek May 2012 #20

As humans we do have the tendency to stereotype... rexcat May 2012 #22

The concept of a Conservative Atheist is rather strange. BiggJawn May 2012 #23

RE: the OP's original description of his work mate edcantor May 2012 #24

I'd say that's entirely possible... OriginalGeek May 2012 #25

Thanks for your reply to my theory.... edcantor May 2012 #26