“Militant atheist groups” don’t sue people for having religious symbols in their homes or private businesses. They sue people for putting religious symbols in government buildings and the like because it is inappropriate to have religious symbols in places like that.
And those mayors that said Chick Fil A is not welcome in their city are using their right to free speech to say that. Chick fil a certainly could try to go into their cities and the mayors wouldn’t really be able to do anything about it, but they probably wouldn’t do too well to be honest.
Unfortunately for you guys gay marriage is going to be legalized nationally in the next 10 to 15 years.
fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/20/gay-marriage-opponents-now-in-minority/
Just look at the graph in this article. In 1988 about 10% of people supported gay marriage and 75% opposed it. People that support gay marriage has steadily gone up and people that oppose it have steadily gone down over the past 25 years enough that people that support gay marriage are now the majority…and it is doubtful that that trend is going to end. Gay marriage is happening and there is nothing you can do about it.
Well that may be true, but it is simply conjecture. Not to mention I trust the New York Times about as much as I trust you to dictate and define what true Christianity and charity are. There are 29 of the 50 states with marriage defined as one man and one woman, of the 28 states where it has come up for a vote all 28 have passed. The most recent North Carolina vote was 61%-39%, not even close. Despite what people are saying in polls, which have been demonstrated to be inaccurate anyway, when it comes down to voting, it seems traditional marriage still has the support. Additionally, 12 other states have laws that effectively do the same thing, so thats a total of 41 of the 50 states that define marriage as between one man and one woman. So despite these growing numbers in support of same sex marriage, the evidence continues to hold traditional marriage as the norm as voted on by the people.
That may change in the future yes, but I firmly believe this far left pendulum swing is ebbing. You may disagree, but that’s what opinions are for. Furthermore, even if man does decree that “same sex marriage” is lawful, it does not make it correct or just or true.
As far as the atheistic agenda goes, their entire proposal is based on an extra-constitutional interpretation of what the actual document says. This warped sense of the 1st Amendment is dreadful and simply is not what the founders had in mind, activist judges and court systems have emblazoned a false impression on the uninformed public that does not accurately reflect the laws of our nation, and has effectively changed them to the detriment of freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
As far as the mayors threats, I conceded the point that those threats had no teeth. The fact of the matter is that it’s irrelevant whether they did or not. The point is that we live in a secularized environment where people feel comfortable issuing such a threat with impunity. This intimidation factor cannot be dismissed simply due to its impracticality of actually being enforced. The issue runs much deeper than that.
Again, I don’t expect my points to be making any impression upon you, but whether you agree or disagree, they are valid points.
God bless.
-Paul
