Comments on: U.S. Attorney General Deputizes Religious Right To Protect Religious Freedom http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:05:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dsilverman http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious/comment-page-1#comment-54486 dsilverman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54486 I guess Great minds think alike -- I knew this sounded familiar. <br /> <br /> http://www.atheists.org/thedaytc/alaas.shtml<br /> <br /> <blockquote>Observed Lynn, "Thanks to the Justice Department, the Salvation Army could literally place newspaper ads reading, 'Help Wanted for Government-Funded Jobs: No Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Liberal Christians, Atheists Or Gays Need Apply,' and this would be perfectly acceptable to Gonzales. This is a perverse way of supposedly defending our religious freedom rights." </blockquote><br /> <img src="http://www.atheists.org/nogodblog/media/dave with sign_01.jpg" width="274" height="283" alt="" /> I guess Great minds think alike — I knew this sounded familiar.

http://www.atheists.org/thedaytc/alaas.shtml

Observed Lynn, “Thanks to the Justice Department, the Salvation Army could literally place newspaper ads reading, ‘Help Wanted for Government-Funded Jobs: No Jews, Buddhists, Muslims, Liberal Christians, Atheists Or Gays Need Apply,’ and this would be perfectly acceptable to Gonzales. This is a perverse way of supposedly defending our religious freedom rights.”

]]> By: godless http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious/comment-page-1#comment-54490 godless Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54490 Protecting the majority, that sound about right. I thought the religious were already protected. I would have thought that protecting minorities from the majority would have been a higher priority on the DOJ's to-do list. Call me crazy. Protecting the majority, that sound about right. I thought the religious were already protected. I would have thought that protecting minorities from the majority would have been a higher priority on the DOJ’s to-do list. Call me crazy.

]]> By: FlyingWeasel http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious/comment-page-1#comment-54492 FlyingWeasel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54492 I'd be ok with christian organizations not hiring atheists/jews/bhuddists/muslims if secular organizations (the gubment)wouldn't hire christians. just to be fair.<br /> <br /> footnote: not really, I'm being sarcastic, I don't think organizations should decide on anything other than performance, althouth this includes failure to perform for religious reasons, such as pharmacists who won't fill birth-control prescriptions. I’d be ok with christian organizations not hiring atheists/jews/bhuddists/muslims if secular organizations (the gubment)wouldn’t hire christians. just to be fair.

footnote: not really, I’m being sarcastic, I don’t think organizations should decide on anything other than performance, althouth this includes failure to perform for religious reasons, such as pharmacists who won’t fill birth-control prescriptions.

]]> By: hominid http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious/comment-page-1#comment-54493 hominid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54493 "blowing the whistle on any perceived slight to religion" sounds mor like brown shirt gorilla tactics than some defense to me. But maybie we all need to just consider the source and expect no less from them. “blowing the whistle on any perceived slight to religion” sounds mor like brown shirt gorilla tactics than some defense to me. But maybie we all need to just consider the source and expect no less from them.

]]> By: foot152 http://atheists.org/blog/2007/02/23/u_s_attorney_general_deputizes_religious/comment-page-1#comment-54494 foot152 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-54494 does this outlast the Bush admin or when a new admin is in can they change it? More and more I think I'm not Dem. just anti-Rep. does this outlast the Bush admin or when a new admin is in can they change it? More and more I think I’m not Dem. just anti-Rep.

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