Religion
In reply to the discussion: About respect [View all]BainsBane
(53,027 posts)you know nothing of my beliefs. My mere absence of contempt for people of faith prompts you to assume homophobia, racism, etc... That is entirely your issue. You seek justification for your own prejudices, based not on evidence. This so-called fact-based approach is nothing of the sort.
Of course you are the victim. It oppresses you that people may harbor thoughts of a non-material nature, and that oppresses you. They might be thinking of seeing loved ones in a potential afterlife, or even art or literature. How dare they dwell on the non-material. I made a clear distinction between religion in the public square and private practice and thoughts, yet you still scramble to justify your own prejudices. You associate a random person who has said nothing homophobic with an institution that might be, based on no evidence. Yet you claim to be rational. There is nothing rational in that. It is nothing more than hollow justification.
BTW, your blue font is annoying an unreadable.