Who remembers the Ragstory editorial suggesting that atheists be purged from the party?

[beam me up scottie]

Who can forget how many of our friends and allies told us we were upset over nothing?

How our outrage was mocked?

How we were called liars after rs changed the text and wouldn't admit it?

How many had to take a break after that? I know I did.



Here's one of my posts from that lovely part of DU history:

The people who couldn't wait to use this issue to accuse and malign atheists and to justify their bias against us, are the same type of people who repeatedly use the illegal immigration issue to accuse and malign racial minorities and to justify their bias against them.

They're called bigots.

And I find their behaviour repulsive, unethical and contrary to liberal principles no matter who they are targeting.



I want to thank all of the believers on DU who spoke up for us.

I know from personal experience it's not exactly easy to take a stand when you're not the one who's being held responsible for driving away moderates and costing us elections.

It's always easier, especially during an election year, to look away and pretend you didn't notice that minorities with unpopular causes were being purged by the self-appointed ringmasters in the big tent.



As for the rest of the people who think we are overreacting to business as usual, fuck you.

I hope when you're being told to sit down and shut up, there's nobody left to stand up for you.

I will never forget, I will never treat GLBT DUers the way we were treated, and I will not stay silent.