Being Gay is Disgusting

I know the Ten Commandments," I hear you muttering. Worship only God, no idols, observe the Sabbath, don't kill, steal, lie, cheat on your spouse.

Yeah, that's not them. the rules that were called the Ten Commandments in the Bible!

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But a little background first. There are 95 uses of the word "commandment" in the five books of Moses. Well, that's in the King James, anyway. In the TNIV ("Today's New International Version"), this number drops to just 10....

For what might be the first time in the history of the United States, possibly the whole world, an atheist will deliver the opening "prayer" at a government meeting.

Dan Nerren will deliver the opening invocation at the Tulsa City Council meeting.

The invocation] advocates the Humanist perspective without denigrating religion along the way. It's something everybody ought to be able to agree with, as opposed to the religious invocations that necessarily exclude those who don't believe in the chosen god.

Says Nerren, "As far as I know, I'll be the first to offer a secular invocation. not praying.

the council had been reminded several times that a sectarian prayer was unconstitutional. Though the goals of the Northeast Oklahoma Chapter of Americans United for Separation of Church and State is to stop the opening prayer altogether, the chapter's vice president said allowing an atheist to offer the invocation was "a very good move on the part of the council....

I'm pretty new to the continent.

Most of my time has been spent speaking at secular organizations and student groups, and I've been surprised at just how active the atheist/secular community is in the USA and Canada.

in Omaha, Nebraska.

Of course, the speakers were educated, articulate and rousing. a former evangelical preacher, gave a rousing "sermon" on atheism and secular values ("Can I get a Dar-win!

But I was particularly struck by the members of the audience. Those not explicitly active, but active enough to attend a conference. These people genuinely astonished me....

as "a serious setback for freedom of expression in Indonesia," Alexander Aan has been imprisoned for 30 months for posting "God doesn't exist" on Facebook, along with some "offensive" cartoons. Again with the cartoons! He was also fined an amount exceeding double Indonesia's average annual salary.

If you think this is just about atheism, think again. and calling for all women not wearing jilbab to be hunted down. Even moderate Muslim groups are being attacked for the same reason. of Muslim.

So it's not about atheism; it's about not being Muslim....

Fucking YouTube with their fucking random-thumbnail system. Now I look like Derek Zoolander.

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I believe in absolute and unconditional equality amongst all people. We must not make exceptions for women, gays, Asians, left-handers, no-one. Organizations that seek to curtail the rights of any demographic should be disbanded, ridiculed or lose their tax-exemption status.

choose. A person's faith cannot be used to justify hindering the lives of others. This particularly applies to children, who must be protected from harm, including (and especially) harm caused by their own parents.

I believe children's wide-eyed wonder and inquisitiveness should never be stifled. They should be encouraged to explore, to experiment, to make mistakes, to make a mess, to get it wrong....