Yesterday I stayed up until midnight watching the stats come in. First was the hateful bitch Liz Dole getting hatefully beaten down by a 2-1 margin from her supposedly godless opponent. Yes, the opponent had put on the whole ‘how dare you call me an atheist” bit, and that sucked, but in the end Hagan will be good for the country.Obama won, which is very good for the Supreme Court. The Dems have a 4+ seat advantage in the senate, so any justices that get put up now may help to sway the SCOTUS back to the center on issues important to Atheists. This is a very good thing.We lost the FL and CA marriage amendment fights, but I am hopeful that we see Federal Civil Union law in the next two years. It has always been my point that this should solve the problem, IF straight people start getting civilly joined instead of married.All in all, I’m a happy guy. OK I’m really really happy.
full gay rights may not even come in our lifetime, but I believe they will come
Obama can’t do it but he’ll bring those rights much closer to reality than McCain ever would…this is a thought worth dwelling upon
calm, consistent and reasonable activism will ultimately pay off…those in the future that come to enjoy equal rights will honor the efforts you make now
gs….it’s good to release your fury..but hurting somebody will weaken the cause….I’ve found going into a closet or private place and screaming FUCK FUCK FUCK et al for as long and loud as necessary, usually helps…..but ultimately, you must be steady at the helm, my friend
All Californians! You can repeal this proposition:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32226144639
They need about 650k signatures (approx 8% of votes that put your governor in power) to qualify
Keep at it!!
and calm down there castlethrob….I’ll be being the sexy one feeling around these parts….
Silverman
it is a sad day when atheists fall for the slick talk of a chicago politician.he will spend the next 4 yrs pandering to the religious at expense of atheists.
Polygamy/gay marriage used to be legal in the USA until activist judges decided to legislate from the bench and make it illegal.
I’m pretty happy too.
I still don’t understand how they justify laws mandating what marriage looks like in terms of number or sex. Minimum age limitations make sense, but otherwise, no restrictions can be justified without resorting to scripture. It seems to be clearly in violation of the anti-establishment clause.
BTW, I emailed Campbell Brown at CNN about Libby Dole’s atheist-baiting, encouraging her to ask the same kind of question about that ad as she did when she asked, about Obama, “So what if he WAS a Muslim?” (I’ve yet to hear back from them…I’m not holding my breath.)
But really, so what if she WAS an atheist? I think this election gives us an excellent chance to start asking some hard questions about how questions of faith play too large a part in campaigning. I realize it’ll take some serious opening of minds for it ever to become a reality that we could have an agnostic or atheist president, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t work at making questions of religious affiliation less acceptable as an appropriate subject of discussion.
BTW, I’m pretty happy about Obama winning.
NOT happy about Prop 8, or Michelle Bachman, or the lingering hate being leveled at Obama after the McCain/Palin campaign got them so riled up.
Why should the country offer special rights to a select minority?
Well, THERE he is.
You mean like propertied white males, like the original intent of the US Constitution, phreedm?
It doesn’t, actually, but who’s reading? Maybe it would, or should, if there were any justice in the universe.
That’s castletonthrob, thank you. Hmmm. castletonthrob. I rather like the sound of that.
Sorry, HTML problems on my part again–
It doesn’t, actually, but who’s reading? Maybe it would, or should, if there were any justice in the universe.
That’s castletonthrob, thank you. Hmmm. castletonthrob. I rather like the sound of that.
Newsweek editor: Obama cult ‘creepy’
http://tinyurl.com/5wa8vd
I know just what you mean, phreedm! Those damn cripples and with their premium parking spaces! Phuck ‘em!
Why should the country offer special rights to a select majority?
What
Wow…good point!
Man, that’s stupid even for Phreedm.
DVW
His stupidity is as inevitable as death in Texas. The mind wobbles.
Phreedom seems to be oblivious to the fact that these “special right” he’s refering to essentially boils down to “equality”.
LA Times (11-6-08): Schwarzenegger seeks a temporary 1.5% sales tax increase to deal with California’s worsening fiscal crisis.
Cynic,
He’s still pushing jesus on an Atheist board,after literally hundreds of hints nobody is buying that crap.
Comment from: Cynic
We all have the same rights…
Note…I’m not the one injecting religion into this discussion. Those who can’t defend their position are…
Speaking of stupidity…
Comment from: What
So…? You voted for a far left liberal who ran on raising taxes…now you’re complaining?
NObama has his first news conderence in over 6 weeks. The market has had it’s worst post election slide ever.
I will guarantee you NObama will flip on his tax promises.
And when he does, he’ll prove exactly how gulible his sheeple were…
I think (hoping) that the pandering is over. I don’t believe that religion really means that much to Obama; he simply did election necessary pandering.
I think if religion comes up, it will be at the behest of the religion-obsessed press, and then, of course, he’ll have to return to the pandering to appease them. I don’t think (I mean I hope) religion will not affect Obama’s admin.
I wondered when the slime would enter this discussion:
Yeah, just like those ‘special’ rights we gave to black people when the country made slavery illegal.
Or, when we gave those pesky women the right to vote.
Ahh, nothing like the smell of religious bigotry in the morning.
Phucking jackass.
On another note, I saw last night on the news that there are protests going on outside a major Moron church in CA.
Hopefully they will do some good.
phreedm wrote:
*gasp*
You mean like George H. W. Bush did?
“Read my lips: no new taxes.”
That ring any bells?
I guarantee you, phreedm, nobody around here puts much stock in your guarantees, or anything else you have to say, entertaining as they often are.
No, Phreedom, the point of the protests going on in California is that we DON’T all have the same rights. Do try to keep up.
I’m likewise glad that Dole was defeated. But the big issue for me in that whole thing was, SO WHAT IF KAY HAGAN WAS AN ATHEIST?
And 99% of the people organizing against gay rights are religiously based. I only say that because I dont know who the non-religious 1% is. I’m assuming they are out there somewhere.
phreedm
No we do not. This is bigotry, plain and simple, and the hard truth is that bigotry has rarely lost an election. Just as the courts had to enforce desegregation, they may well have to enforce marriage equality.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. What embodies these principles more than the right to share a union with the person you love? Being against that is just plain evil.
Im feeling better now. I was having a bad panic attack yesterday and I had to lie down and try to relax and last night my chest and heart finally stopped hurting. I have closed my office for a few days and am trying to figure out what I should do next-go to CA and join the protests, organise a protest here in NC, or just try to calm down. One thing is for sure, all bets are off now regarding religion and religious people. Im done.