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	<title>Comments on: Democracy not theocracy</title>
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		<title>By: Mike Tidmus</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike Tidmus</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen Brother Peter! Amen!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Amen Brother Peter! Amen!</p>
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		<title>By: Peter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I &lt;i&gt;am&lt;/i&gt; an intolerant, anti-Christian bigot, and damn proud of it.

Religion -- unlike homosexuality -- is a choice, and a learned behavior. Anyone can freely change his or her religion at any time; just look at all the people who convert to their partner&#039;s religion in order to get married in their partner&#039;s church -- not to mention all the former members of Christian and other denominations who have bravely &lt;i&gt;chosen&lt;/i&gt; to reject religious obscurantism and become freethinkers.

This is not to say that all Christians are bigots; there are plenty who aren&#039;t, but in my experience, people who self-identify as &quot;Christian&quot; (as opposed to &quot;Episcopalian&quot; or &quot;Presbyterian&quot; or whatever) are generally of the Dobson/Robertson/Engle ilk, who pose a fundamental (pun intended) threat to our Republic and should be fought tooth and nail until they scuttle back under their rocks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I <i>am</i> an intolerant, anti-Christian bigot, and damn proud of it.</p>
<p>Religion &#8212; unlike homosexuality &#8212; is a choice, and a learned behavior. Anyone can freely change his or her religion at any time; just look at all the people who convert to their partner&#8217;s religion in order to get married in their partner&#8217;s church &#8212; not to mention all the former members of Christian and other denominations who have bravely <i>chosen</i> to reject religious obscurantism and become freethinkers.</p>
<p>This is not to say that all Christians are bigots; there are plenty who aren&#8217;t, but in my experience, people who self-identify as &#8220;Christian&#8221; (as opposed to &#8220;Episcopalian&#8221; or &#8220;Presbyterian&#8221; or whatever) are generally of the Dobson/Robertson/Engle ilk, who pose a fundamental (pun intended) threat to our Republic and should be fought tooth and nail until they scuttle back under their rocks.</p>
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