What century do you want to live in? The Tudor Era? The sole purpose of a secular state having a religious law such as this is to enforce order and mandate belief. Only dictators and tyrants fear freedom of expression and the freedom of thought. What do you have to fear?
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http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/stephen-fry-blasphemy-ireland-getting-worse-around-the-world-a7723631.html
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Human sexuality and gender expression exist within a continuum and are not binary states. Imposed gender and sexual norms don't work. Look at the all too high number of gay Mormons who kill themselves.
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If single guys my own age wanted to date me, I might agree with you. Instead, I only seem to attract older, married men who want to have an affair -- doctors, laywers, politicians, military officers, top university academics and the like. I tried it a couple of times. It's fun but doesn't lead anywhere. Once, a manager wanted an outside of the office relationship. I had been wondering why his
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What I've noticed is that the more successful or more influential a man is, he's less likely to be monogamous.
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https://yougov.co.uk/news/2015/08/16/half-young-not-heterosexual/ Similar results were found in an American survey: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/05/fusion-millennial-poll-gender_n_6624200.html OK, religious conservatives -- this is the future which is before you. You will not be able to mandate your view of the world onto the coming decades of the mid-twenty-first century. htt
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/world/asia/indonesia-governor-ahok-basuki-tjahaja-purnama-blasphemy-islam.html?_r=0
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Again, what does this have to with abortion? It's about religious preference by adoption agencies. Also, the idea of open adoption is very recent. Ask yourself why all of these "religious freedom" laws have sprung up in last few years. And, as I've told you many times, I don't have any paritsan ideological blinders. I don't care if something is left, right, or upside-down as long
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TMSH, pull your head out of the sand for a moment and think. You aren't stupid and I know you have seen more of the world than I have. This is not just about restricting adoptions. This proposed law is just one of many attempts by cynical politicans over the last few decades to legalise prejudice under the guise of religious freedom to pander to ideological voters. Most don't pass. Some unfortun
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http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/garda-launch-blasphemy-probe-into-stephen-fry-comments-on-the-meaning-of-life-35684262.html The specific complaint relates to an interview conducted on 'The Meaning of Life' with Mr Fry. During the show the comedian and writer was questioned about what he might say to God at the pearly gates. Mr Fry replied: "How dare you create a world in whic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBpsss3nK9s
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Parents seeking to adopt children in Texas could be rejected by state-funded or private agencies with religious objections to them being Jewish, Muslim, gay, single, or interfaith couples, under a proposal in the Republican-controlled state legislature. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/06/texas-adoption-agencies-ban-jewish-muslim-gay-or-single-couples Sponsors of the Texas bill
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the desire of a great many (but not all) conservative evangelicals to dominate and control the levers of power in America is not Here are some questions to ask yourself. 1. What does support for reintroducing 19th century laissez-faire capitalism, the gold standard, racial discrimination, etc. have to do with Christianity? Why are far right political views are now matters of faith for ev
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You can get a cracked copy of Word from one of the torrent sites but watch out for viruses. I use Open Office on all my Windows machines without any problems.
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Utah is the closest example of a theocracy in present day America. LD$, Inc. controls things from behind the scenes where the money is. The evangelicals want to run things from up front out in the open. If someone wants to live a "biblical" life they have every right to do so -- as long as they don't infringe on the rights of others. But then current situation is not just religious
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What would you think about living under religious rule then? Why would you think living under evangelical Christofascist control -- with laws and rules to enforce a white Christian dominated cisgendered hetero normative society -- would be any different? Do you really think people will meekly accept forced racial discrimination, denial of scientific fact, second class status for women, and
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http://www.cc.com/video-clips/emmbcg/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-putting-north-carolina-s-anti-lgbt-law-to-the-test
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"...question everything and demand answers. (blind) Faith is for the weak, knowledge is the power of the universe." That's why.
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while there is still time. But it won't work. The children and grandchidren of these intolerant people don't share their views. When they die, this world of bigotry and intolerance from the 1950s of their imagination they sought to create will die with them.
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or who he was, what he said, or what he did. But what Neil Armstrong said and did on the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969 will be remembered as long as human beings exist.
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