Reply #127: oops, ya didn't push those goal posts hard enough

[iverglas]

Your complaint about bashing of religious people still stands unfounded.

There is no such thing as an "anti-religion bigot". Bigotry targets people, not schools of thought.

So a very good question would be why you choose to use such a nasty word to describe people who disagree with you about religion.

People who stereotype and insult GLBT people are bigots. People who stereotype and insult people of any religion or all religions are bigots. People who hold the view that religion is idiotic and a negative influence on human societies are not.

Indeed, not all Christians are homophobes. The church I grew up in, the United Church of Canada, performs same-sex marriages, just for instance. Several churches and religious (and ethnic) associations intervened in court cases involving same-sex marriage here, on the side of the people claiming the right to marry the partner of their choice.

The particular Christian that Barack Obama has chosen to associate himself with is a homophobe, and he and his homophobia are embraced by many religious people. He and they are deserving of all scorn that might come their way.