re: #7 Obdicut

It’s really a poor time to bring up those dudes. There really is violence against gay people inspired by religious fervor. It’s not all religious people, but almost all of the dominant religions in the world have something against gay people. It’s great that there are liberal religious people who fight back against that, but it is good to acknowledge, especially after a horrific attack like this, that many religions preach intolerance, and intolerance leads to violence.

I know you’re right, but sometimes I get sick & tired of the atheists who seem to feel the need to snipe at religion and/or religious people at every opportunity (like my Thanksgiving story) and this was one of those times.

I’ve consistently spoken out against intolerance & violence countless times; anyone who’s been here any length of time knows that, and Jolo has been here longer than I. I up-dinged the Page because I agreed with Frank and was going to leave a comment, then I saw Jolo’s comment and I *twitched* because he made it sound like only religious people could produce such “sick bastards”. That’s simply not true. That was my point, albeit perhaps not made at the most opportune time.

I prolly shouldn’t comment before I’ve had my 2nd cup of coffee in the morning as that’s when I tend to be at my twitchiest and let people who I’d otherwise ignore get under my skin.