latestrevision

9 ms·

1.
by latestrevision 12y ago
I'm really sorry to have to be so direct about this, but it's perspectives like this that are part of the problem. By saying that they're "next to the KKK", you're marking your opposition as not only immoral, b
2.
by latestrevision 12y ago
Naw -- not really illegal; although it's probably politically complicated to be religious: "No state organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they disc
3.
by latestrevision 12y ago
The classic, easy, example is China. EDIT: Apparently that's a little contentious -- only 47% self-declared atheist ( http://redcresearch.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/RED-C-pres... ), but given that
4.
by latestrevision 12y ago
As an atheist, I agree, but asserting that the rationale behind prohibiting gay marriage is mostly religious isn't supported by evidence. More than a quarter of the world's population lives in countries that are majority-atheist
5.
by latestrevision 12y ago
Sure, keeping in mind that I don't disagree with any of that -- is this a stance that we've just adopted within the last ten(ish) years -- because if the issue of gay marriage were really that simple, wouldn't it have always
6.
by latestrevision 12y ago
I'm gay (& partnered, fwiw), and I'd have to agree that there certainly aren't any good arguments against gay marriage; at least, not any arguments we'd accept in a wealthy, industrialized, western society at the b
7.
by latestrevision 12y ago
For the record, I don't think the author was actually trying to defend that point, but instead to highlight how when taken out of context or in hindsight any one of our behaviors could in the future be seen as a real, unambiguously &qu
8.
by latestrevision 12y ago
It appears that a big part of this discussion is about how we as a group are not sure if it really is a situation in which she "[did] something really f cking stupid", though. Clearly, you do interpret her statement to be an offen
9.
by latestrevision 12y ago
It looks like the title was originally the former; probably a late change by a copyeditor.