They do. I agree here, each fringe is full of whackos. But right now our government has little do do with the folk in the middle, and when it's the whackos who are taking away proper science education, and putting their morality in place of our health care, then it's time for the silent majority to stop being silent and start doing.
And it's not always going to be cast in sweet, proper language. It's amazing how hard it is to be ladylike when you've got someone telling you you can't have your share of the government pledge to life, liberty, and happiness because their beliefs are more important than your autonomy. (The line about Mary was part of a much larger article about the religiously-based suppression of women's rights, including our legal rights to sex ed, birth control, and abortion.)
Were it any other religion, the commentary would be just as nasty because it is not the belief, but the action that is so infuriating.
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Date: 2007-02-17 06:47 pm (UTC)And it's not always going to be cast in sweet, proper language. It's amazing how hard it is to be ladylike when you've got someone telling you you can't have your share of the government pledge to life, liberty, and happiness because their beliefs are more important than your autonomy. (The line about Mary was part of a much larger article about the religiously-based suppression of women's rights, including our legal rights to sex ed, birth control, and abortion.)
Were it any other religion, the commentary would be just as nasty because it is not the belief, but the action that is so infuriating.