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Comment Re:Message to the intolerant (Score 0, Troll) 957

Faith is a requirement for religion, because religions are always false.

 
Not only is your assertion not provable as true, it can be proven false. Furthermore, it is flamebait and should be modded as such.
 
There are over 4,200 religions in the world. Do you know them all? Have you proven each one false? HAve you read a peer reviewed journal for each one where it was proven false?
 
From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion: "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, ..." really? a set of beliefs is false? So my religion is that the universe came into being by chance. I assume you disagree and can prove this false?

Comment Re:Message to the intolerant (Score 2) 957

It has a few choice passages such as "love your enemies" and "judge not." It also has a few choice words about hypocrites that some "Christians" should read.

 
You were doing good with all but the judge not part. It is an incomplete quote and taken out of context, as so often is done by those who seek to use the bible against the "bible believers". Then again the "bible believers" do the same thing, so hey, what the hell.

Comment Re:Either way (Score 1) 139

which if I recall correctly, the overturning of such laws was what lead the South to have a hissy fit and decide to quit the union over, something they didn't actually have any constitutional right to unilaterally do.

 
Actually, history indicates that the south seceded for various reasons. NC for example, seceded mainly because they were asked by the feds to invade SC.

Comment Re:In case you missed it (Score 0) 1046

The 911 calls clearly show that Zimmerman pursued Martin after having been told not to

 
Don't mean to pick nits but that isn't accurate. Zimmerman was asked if he was following the suspect, and when he responded in the affirmative, was told that it wasn't necessary. He was not told not to. There is a difference.

Comment Re:Read the article ... (Score 1) 1127

No, I mean in 95%+ of all districts in the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_the_United_States_(by_state)

While you may be able to find some obtuse place where a license is required to purchase or carry a shotgun, by and large licensing requirements are related to handguns, not shotguns.

The list of "districts" where my statement is correct is orders of magnitude longer than the list you can attempt to come up with where my statement is incorrect.

But WTF not? Let's put the onus on you. Demonstrate that I am wrong.

Comment Re:I'm glad I support the Republicans (Score 1, Troll) 857

especially when it comes to religion (prayer in schools, prayer at government functions, the flagrant display of religious iconography in public buildings, denial of other religions equal access for displays, etc), the right for one to decide how to best manage body medically, and who one is allowed to have sex with, contraception, and who one is allowed to marry. Those issues hit me a lot closer to home than firearms ownership/carry, and how I'm allowed to access content vis-a-vis music and movies on the Internet.

 
How about the Assassination of American citizens without a trial for the fifth amendment violation, or Indefinite detention of US citizens without being charged with a crime for your 5th and 6th amendment violations? Does the federal government assuming the ability to detain you indefinitely without charging you with a crime, or even to assassinate you, hit you closer to home than denial of marriage to a class of people, or refusal to take down some hundred year old religious display?
 
Not trying to point the finger at you specifically or put words in your mouth, but as a general rule the people in this country have their priorities so fucked up it enrages me sometimes. These two policies recently exercised and or implemented under the demopublican rule can potentially affect any or every individual in the country, whereas the inability for gays to marry affect what, 10% of the population at most? And let's be honest, who really gives a rosy red rats ass if the supreme court has the 10 commandments on it or if some veteran memorial has a cross? FFS.

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