Comments on: On the Archbishop of Westminster http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/on-the-archbishop-of-westminster/ Sammy Jankis Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sammy Jankis http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/on-the-archbishop-of-westminster/#comment-129 Sammy Jankis Mon, 12 May 2008 08:42:43 +0000 http://memeplex.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-129 <i>"And what we need is the opportunity to force our religious beliefs upon the population, whether they like it or not. Not giving us this opportunity constitutes persecution of Christians and is Christophobic."</i> This is precisely what Ed Brayton was saying about the religious right's contempt for the ACLU in the US when speaking on <i>Dogma Free America</i> the other day. If they can't force other people's kids to pray at school, they're being "persecuted". Their religion has always enjoyed a privileged status and it should stay that way, even if it infringes upon the personal liberties of others. “And what we need is the opportunity to force our religious beliefs upon the population, whether they like it or not. Not giving us this opportunity constitutes persecution of Christians and is Christophobic.”

This is precisely what Ed Brayton was saying about the religious right’s contempt for the ACLU in the US when speaking on Dogma Free America the other day. If they can’t force other people’s kids to pray at school, they’re being “persecuted”. Their religion has always enjoyed a privileged status and it should stay that way, even if it infringes upon the personal liberties of others.

]]> By: AV http://memeplex.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/on-the-archbishop-of-westminster/#comment-128 AV Sat, 10 May 2008 11:52:51 +0000 http://memeplex.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-128 <i>“Sometimes the adversarial aspect — if you’ve got one view you’ve got to have the opposite view — supplants what we need.”</i> "And what we need is the opportunity to force our religious beliefs upon the population, whether they like it or not. Not giving us this opportunity constitutes persecution of Christians and is Christophobic." “Sometimes the adversarial aspect — if you’ve got one view you’ve got to have the opposite view — supplants what we need.”

“And what we need is the opportunity to force our religious beliefs upon the population, whether they like it or not. Not giving us this opportunity constitutes persecution of Christians and is Christophobic.”

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