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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m not an atheist.  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. 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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What parts of the country are becoming terrible places to live because of religion?

What do you think of the pervasiveness of predominantly female and child slavery in non- christian countries?

Are you concerned for the women and children worldwide who will live short miserable lives as slaves while you have complete freedom in America and complain about Christianity?

Would you trade places with them to live a life free from Christianity?[/quote]

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States decide their own stances on abortion, and have done so legislatively and through elections.

[b]You don’t agree that each state should be allowed to do that? [/b]Why do you think your opinion about abortion is more important than the right of states to have free elections and states to make their own decisions and laws about any issue? [/quote]

There are lots of areas where the federal government supersedes states rights, and appropriately so. The abolition of slavery comes to mind — that’s what the Civil War was about. The south even tried to frame that as a “states’ rights” issue.

One reason is because when states like Ohio overwhelmingly vote to keep abortion legal, religious fanatics who got into the state legislature due to gerrymandering announce they will attempt to find workarounds. [/quote]

Well said. Maybe OP could take a 5 minute break from proselytizing to actually read the news. 
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Abortion is a state issue, and not the topic of this thread.

The topic is: why people who dislike religion, think religion is evil, want to ban religion, etc, live in the most Christian populated country in the world and enjoy the most freedom in the world, and don’t  acknowledge the most religiously restrictive countries in the world are authoritarian and oppressive to their citizens.

It’s a question people posting here are avoiding answering and are defaulting to slavery (which is no longer allowed in our country and abortion (which has been given back to each state to decide.)

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