2.Who has it worst:LGBTs or Atheists

[Black_Pegasus]

Being that I am Atheist, Gay, and Black I can tell you that gays still have it harder.

Black Pegasus, have you always been atheist? Can you tell me if you had to exit a religion because you were gay? I mean, if suddenly your local church said " Oh look fuck we made a mistake Jesus says we love gays too" would you want to join up just to belong?

Hello Vodkafan, and thanks for the question.

During my earliest memories I can remember having some sort of fate. My mother dragged my little brother and I to church every Sunday. It wasn't until I entered my teens that I started becoming skeptical. I discovered I was gay at 14-15yrs old. The realization was crushingly painful for me. Still, I believed in some sort of "god". By the age of 18 I was agnostic. By my mid 20s I was fully an Atheist. So it wasn't a bad experience with church, it was just my own skepticism of the foolish rituals surrounded by religion.

I wanted no part of it.

[paulpablo]

I was woundering who you think has it rougher.In my view although Homosexuals have serious disadvantages when it comes to serving in the military,and marriage,the public is much more caring to issues involving them.When one of the duck dynasty commanders dissed them the internet exploded and he almost lost his show.Had he insulted atheists hardly anyone would have cared.

I think in some instances the LGBTs have it worst,but in some ways Atheists have it alittle harder.


what do you think

Atheists have it 10000 times easier. I'm an atheist and not gay by the way but its pretty obvious gay people have it worse.

Just think in general how much more common it is for people to say "That's gay" Meaning that's undesirable/ stupid/ weird. How more common is it for people to make fun of someone because they're a man and enjoy being bummed (anal sex).

In my whole time at secondary school I was never ever once insulted for being an atheist but I must have been called gay at a conservative estimate of about 500 times, and I'm a straight atheist.

I can't think of a single atheist slur word but off the top of my head there's bender, gaylord, bummer, arse bandit, fagot for gay people. And those took me about 5 seconds to think of.

On a global scale countries in which you can be hanged for homosexual practices, and several places well known for attacks against homosexuals for example Russia and Africa.
There's places where being an atheist is frowned upon and is punishable by death in instances of apostasy in Islamic countries but these are countries which usually treat homosexuality much worse anyway.

[SteelCurtain]

The way I look at it, I can be myself and most people will assume that I am just another sheep. If I were gay, I couldn't be myself without regular harassment where I live. If I were transgender, forget about it.

[Brian37]

DAMN IT I HATE HUMANS,

Labels are a matter of geography, upbringing, social norms, and era. Long term though they have nothing to do with our evolutionary behavior in that we have always been as a species capable of both cruelty and compassion.

If we want to lean more as a species to non violence and pluralism, we cannot get stuck on how others might hurt us in the moment. Yes we should remember those things absolutely. But again, power shifts over time and to assume that because we are being hurt now will preclude us from hurting others in the future is a mistake.

Ultimately we still are the same species.

[Violet]

Being that I am Atheist, Gay, and Black I can tell you that gays still have it harder.

Well of course they do. Can't get any harder than two guys unless you throw in some more guys.

Course... I'm assuming they're in like... perfect health.

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DAMN IT I HATE HUMANS,

Well, more for me, then. I think that they are delicious with a little rosemary and a dash of sage fried in some canola oil, mmn-mmm! Once you go human... you can never go back, Charlie.

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Black Pegasus, have you always been atheist? Can you tell me if you had to exit a religion because you were gay? I mean, if suddenly your local church said " Oh look fuck we made a mistake Jesus says we love gays too" would you want to join up just to belong?

I rather wonder if he's always been black. Ganguro! Ganguro! Ganguro!

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On the flip side of the coin, it seems nation-wide, gays are seen are more acceptable than atheists to your average American (I'm not sure where the transgendered fit into this). There was a study a few years back that showed atheists are the least-trusted group in the US.

It doesn't fit. That's why they wanna get out of their bodies so badly.

Alice can help them to get out of their... skin.

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I have no idea what LGBT stands for, but I'm guessing it means gay, bisexual and.....?

Tentacled. Disgusting how speciesist humans can be... judging people based on their tentacles, oh what's next: refusing jobs to the right-handed people?!

Depends where you are I guess, thankfully here in London, it's a non-issue for most, as is being an atheist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfD6jAoJrJg&feature=kp

And... I was just gonna blame Larry. Bastard broke so much before he ah... transferred out of our company.

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Atheists have it 10000 times easier. I'm an atheist and not gay by the way but its pretty obvious gay people have it worse.

Just think in general how much more common it is for people to say "That's gay" Meaning that's undesirable/ stupid/ weird.

So... you are gay?? Well, that's okay. Because, you see: I love you an-ee-way!

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The way I look at it, I can be myself and most people will assume that I am just another sheep. If I were gay, I couldn't be myself without regular harassment where I live. If I were transgender, forget about it.

There's an easier route than to existing in a 'transgendered' state. Just join Alice in death! See, the hook is that I'm so friendly. We can play together: forever... just your spirit and me.

And maybe a dog named.... Smee.

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Ultimately we still are the same species.

Sometimes I wonder.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kzrHS-8694

But then I realize: it's THE FACE. O___O