Why do I bother?

[thrashbear]

The recent North Carolina vote started off a new wave of anti-gay sentiment, all of it bible- and faith-based.  I get into so many arguments with the religionists in the various online communities I am a part of.   I'm sick of having my arguments called "straw men" and "logical fallacies" all the while they pray to their invisible magical

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[blueflower15]

The problem is when all those legislators unabashedly proclaim to be against a law because it is "opposed to their moral religious beliefs" or the "majority's religious beliefs".

A. it doesn't matter what the majority thinks. That's why we have a constitution, to protect the minority also - else we would still have slavery...

B. It doesn't matter what your particular beliefs are. You are supposed to legislate for everyone.

C. Religion should have no baring on law, that is why we have separation of church and state. Take gay marriage. Let's take your (bigoted) premisse that being gay is a choice (even though science and human experience prove that it is not). Let's say it's a choice, why should I not be allowed to make this choice because YOU believe it is amoral due to your religious beliefs? We are not a theocracy where morality must be legislated through religion.

Save your breath and sanity. These kinds of people will never change because we want them to. What we can and should do is oppose practical consequences such as changing science and history books to reflect inaccurate facts'and bias. In europe (at least where I grew up) there was a department of education that actually writes, approves and prints all textbooks. IT should not be left to private company to draft and print text books that will influence 300 million people when these private companies can be easily influenced by the big religious right money [aka texas' as a state buying power].