Question about Michele Bachmann/tea party

pjfan021

Parachute wrote:

aerial wrote:

Smellyman wrote:

I disagree. Why lump all Tea Party people as if they are one. You do not appreciate it when the gay community is treated that way.
Personally, I am tired of being persecuted because I believe in God. Where is the tolerance from you for others?
I am not asking you to like it or even accept it, just tolerate it, without all the hate. :idea:

Thank you for this post. I wholeheartedly agree.

The same people that are clamoring for tolerance, are also persecuting others for their religion.

Fear is what drives them to persecute... The most animalistic of human behaviors is to destroy what you don't understand.

I think everyone here has a pretty good understanding of things...I don't persecute people for their religion, but i do have a problem when we live in a country where church and state are separate so I have a huuuuuge problem with a lady who thinks that intelligent design should be taught in schools. Her stance on gays is really extreme which is guided by her religion so I don't think it's non-religious people that have the problem. Policy should not be guided by religious views and if you can't do that then you shouldn't be a politician.

cincybearcat

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

Parachute wrote:

The same people that are clamoring for tolerance, are also persecuting others for their religion.

Fear is what drives them to persecute... The most animalistic of human behaviors is to destroy what you don't understand.

Um... what?

How are Christians in America "persecuted" for anything?

I don't see a movement to take away their rights... jobs... children... deport their spouses...

The whole "sometimes people say mean things so I'm just as downtrodden as the gheys" thing is just absurd. Christians are not persecuted in America. Don't give me this "Gays are taking away my right to take away their rights" bullshit.

This is true. In the real world Christians do not have much to worry. However, with the way some people talk, even here, about Christians and their beliefs, they are indeed being extremely condescending and intolerant. There is no question about that. It is certainly accept more here than comments about most other groups. I'm not sure why.

So they don't have any tangible persecution, but they are certainly verbally mocked to a greater degree.

fife

cincybearcat wrote:

Prince Of Dorkness wrote:

Parachute wrote:

The same people that are clamoring for tolerance, are also persecuting others for their religion.

Fear is what drives them to persecute... The most animalistic of human behaviors is to destroy what you don't understand.

Um... what?

How are Christians in America "persecuted" for anything?

I don't see a movement to take away their rights... jobs... children... deport their spouses...

The whole "sometimes people say mean things so I'm just as downtrodden as the gheys" thing is just absurd. Christians are not persecuted in America. Don't give me this "Gays are taking away my right to take away their rights" bullshit.

This is true. In the real world Christians do not have much to worry. However, with the way some people talk, even here, about Christians and their beliefs, they are indeed being extremely condescending and intolerant. There is no question about that. It is certainly accept more here than comments about most other groups. I'm not sure why.

So they don't have any tangible persecution, but they are certainly verbally mocked to a greater degree.

i think the reason that Christians do get mocked more is due to the fact of the power they have and power is always mocked. the other reason i think they get mocked is because of some of the dumb things they say like why can't people say marry Christmas instead of happy holidays.