The Problem of Evil combined with the problem of Free Will

[Valyza1]

How does ridicule help reduce the enactment of biblically-inspired anti-gay laws?

In the same way that ridicule has -always- helped the cause o reducing the prevalence of it's focus.   Do you think that you, for example...rationally appraised the case for fairies when you were eight years old.....or did ridicule assure you that any association with fairies was unwise?

Well, I'm not sure that's an apt example, as I was never told fairies were real. I was told, however, or at least hinted at, as a kid, that Superman's home planet Krypton was real, and that if I went there I could get super powers like him. The idea was never ridiculed, though. I just grew up and naturally learned more about the nature of space travel and the nature of fiction. And that's pretty much the process for every idea that I outgrew. There was never a point where I felt that being ridiculed helped me on my path to learning more about the world, other than learning that some people are dicks.

We've got believers on here, for example...that as soon as you call their god a fairy start huffing and puffing...because they don't believe in fairies........

So, ofc, I call their gods fairies any chance I get.

A person who cannot (for whatever reason) see reason..can very often recognise the applicability of ridicule.

What do you mean by "cannot see reason"? Do you mean they only respond to emotional stimulus? What is this "applicability of ridicule" you're speaking of? Silencing people from saying irrational things? Is a person who avoids passing a law they believe in just to avoid ridicule really the kind of person you want in congress?