(August 29, 2014 at 9:47 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:(May 27, 2014 at 4:35 pm)Beccs Wrote: No, if you don't like the law of the country you move to, fuck off back home!
Do you like the fact that 'under God' in in our national Pledge and that 'In God We Trust' is our national motto? Do you like that Hobby Lobby can tailor the insurance offered to its employees to omit coverage of birth control practices it disapproves of on religious grounds?
Where are your people from, originally?
Sorry, I'm a great admirer of yours, less so of the sentiment that people who disagree with me should exit the country rather than work within the framework provided by our laws and Constitution to secure the changes they desire...if they can. The principle of not driving people out because they don't sufficiently conform to popular opinion is one of the main reasons I don't want to move to another country, despite all the flaws I think ours has. You're free to tell people they should leave the country if they don't like something about it, but I think you can do better than echo the sentiments of the typical redneck towards atheists.
I think you missed the point.
The point is about recent immigrants demanding change to laws/customs they don't like.
The rational response is to tell them to shut the fuck up or get the fuck out.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
Science is not a subject, but a method.