Why are athiests so hated in the USA?

[Winehole23]

Please detail.

in the post I responded to you used a rather broad brush, and the dimwitted, intolerant zealots you complain of are mostly absent from this thread.

[101A]

I was clearly talking about you.

I don't think your communication skills are as great as you might think.

I damn sure know yours aren't

As you've admitted, you're an asshole - your communication skills extend only to being snarky, self-righteous and condescending. "Asshole" to a "T". Kind of a Chump wannabe - without the game.

[101A]

in the post I responded to you used a rather broad brush, and the dimwitted, intolerant zealots you complain of are mostly absent from this thread.

I'm here.

[Winehole23]

I was clearly talking about you. Is this your way of not making this about me?

I don't think your communication skills are as great as you might think.

I was talking to Bill_Brasky. Your reading skills aren't as great as you think.

[SAScrub]

Not certain government granted benefits that heterosexual couples receive, as pointed out. What "special rights" do you think they want, since that was your argument...

The right to marry someone of the same gender. A right no other citizen currently has.

[Blake]

Oh, were you talking to yourself, again? My bad.

I thought you were replying to me, so I responded in turn.

You just validated me having at least one legitimate reason to gripe.

Better late than never.

[baseline bum]

in the post I responded to you used a rather broad brush, and the dimwitted, intolerant zealots you complain of are mostly absent from this thread.

The right to marry someone of the same gender. A right no other citizen currently has.

There's a pretty dim-witted response.

[Winehole23]

You just validated me having at least one legitimate reason to gripe.

You don't need any excuses to gripe. Bull , much?

[SAScrub]

How you defend yourself against a bomb dropped on your ass?

You run, you hide, you take cover.

[101A]

You just validated me having at least one legitimate reason to gripe.

Better late than never.

I know Chump Dumper.

Chump Dumper is an antagonist of mine.

Poster, you're no ChumpDumper.

[Winehole23]

There's a pretty dim-witted response.

You kicked all other Christians into the same ditch then pissed on them. That's intellectually dishonest.

[101A]

There's a pretty dim-witted response.

Dude's posts have been anything but dim-witted. He's a welcome addition to the board, tbh.

[SAScrub]

Why does the law care what sex is the person you're attracted to? Why does anyone care?

The central question is, why does the government recognize marriage, and what benefit to society can a married couple provide that would lead the govt. to recognize such an ins ution?

[ElNono]

The right to marry someone of the same gender. A right no other citizen currently has.

Until some states outlawed it, everyone did. And some citizen do have that right today.

[ElNono]

You run, you hide, you take cover.

And then you die. That's it?

[ElNono]

The central question is, why does the government recognize marriage, and what benefit to society can a married couple provide that would lead the govt. to recognize such an ins ution?

Why is THAT the "central question"?

After all, government recognizes all sorts of civil unions, religious or not. These days, those even include same-sex unions in some jurisdictions. The problem is that government doesn't grant the same exact benefits to them equally.

[baseline bum]

Dude's posts have been anything but dim-witted. He's a welcome addition to the board, tbh.

It's completely dimwitted, and if you buy that garbage line of reasoning then you should also support things like miscegenation laws.

[baseline bum]

The central question is, why does the government recognize marriage, and what benefit to society can a married couple provide that would lead the govt. to recognize such an ins ution?

That's not the central question; the central question is why one group is discriminated against by the federal government.

[ElNono]

Did women fight for "special rights" when they fought for their right to vote?

How about black folks when they fought to end segregation? "special rights"?

[Blake]

The right to marry someone of the same gender. A right no other citizen currently has.

What is one good reason to deny them "special rights"

[SAScrub]

And then you die. That's it?

Yup.

How do you defend yourself against a vacuum sucking your body apart when you're 10 weeks old?

[clambake]

Yup.

How do you defend yourself against a vacuum sucking your body apart when you're 10 weeks old?

who does that to a 10 week old baby?

[Wild Cobra]

who does that to a 10 week old baby?

Some people start counting age at conception. South Koreans do, and probably most Asian Cultures.

You do, however know, he meant 10 week old fetus... right?

[clambake]

You do, however know, he meant 10 week old fetus... right?

hard to tell with this crowd.

what do you want to do with that baby.....if it needs assistance?

[Winehole23]

Is this your way of not making this about me?

Talking to other posters? Not at all. There are plenty of other posters I banter with on a regular basis.

Your whining that picking on you is some sort of hobby of mine has little basis in fact, but it chimes well with your cranky old man world weariness and your persecution fantasy. Just because we're talking doesn't make it all about you.