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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
This I tend to agree with. After all, how many people discussing this here wouldn't have heard about this "challenge" or wouldn't have given it a second glance if someone hadn't come here as a Christian saying how much it bothered them?
Me for one.
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Well that wasn't quite my point. I have no problem with telling people about events and issues. After all, that IS kinda my job
I have a problem with the people who are making a legal issue out of what is and should be a personal life choice. Don't like gay relationships? Fine, don't have one. Leave those that do like them alone. Think you can only get into heaven by praying to whatever god you believe in? That's cool too. Hell I don't even care if you tell me about it. But keep your damn hands off of the legislative system. Don't even THINK about trying to pass laws requiring me to ascribe to your personal beliefs. Your personal beliefs are just that - personal - unless and until they start infringing on the rights of others. That's why murder is and should be illegal, while atheism is not and should not be. (that last sentence was added to ward off the inevitable "well if I believe murder is good I should be able to do it" argument).
I have no problem with making a video glorifying a god, or glorifying the concept that there is no god. I have a problem with religious people trying to force their beliefs on me through the legal system. Even the ultimate jackass athiest Richard Dawkins has publicly admitted that pressing to make religion illegal was stupid. The door swings both ways. Requiring religion or requiring people practice tenets of religion is equally stupid.