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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not an atheist.[b]  I am extremely concerned that many people now believe that their own freedom of religion can be used politically and legally to limit the freedoms of those of us who do not share their particular brand of religious beliefs.  This is both dangerous and contrary to the freedoms that the founders of this country intended.[/b] Many religious beliefs and behaviors are indeed evil — and parts of this country are rapidly becoming, as you put it, terrible places to live for many of us.

Your appeals to “our” forefathers don’t move me very much. The ideals that this country was founded upon are extremely important.  As a Black female, though, I get that my freedom and Liberty and that of most of MY forefathers   — on any level, from physical to religious— wasn’t on their list of priorities.  Evil is still evil — no matter how many flags you wave or Bibles you clutch.

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Exactly. Freedom of religion means that the government shouldn’t force religion on others. Religious people have unethically - and unconstitutionally - been using the government to force their beliefs on others.

If anyone should be complaining about religious freedom right now, it’s the millions of oppressed people who’ve had their rights taken away from them by religious extremists. 
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You are wrong and live in a country where you are allowed complete freedom because we are a Christian nation. You ignore millions of slaves worldwide in non-Christian countries and the authoritarian anti- religious countries you would never want to live in for 10 minutes. [/quote]

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