Reply #200: Thank you....impeachdubya wrote [View All]

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We are not helped by the fact that it is considered impolite to even question religious belief that is being used as a basis for public policy decisions on the same grounds that any other assertions would be subject to. They are like the Emperor's clothes.

And again, if it was just about what people believe, personally, that would be one thing. But the religious right has MADE this a public issue.

This is where this country is today.

I get so tired of people using their religious beliefs as a basis for public policy. Anti-gay, anti-evolution, etc.

There are certain things most reasonable people can agree on, and religion has nothing to do with it. I don't have to be religious to believe that killing, stealing, taking advantage of the weak are wrong. Apparently I have to be "religious" to believe that gays do not deserve the same civil right as non-gays. At least the only argument I ever hear against gays is a religious one.

Just because we do not know everything, does not mean we abandon science and resort to religion for all the answers. Man is destined to search for answers, not just accept the unprovable as the work of some god.