Catholic values – Include Discrimination
A Catholic school teacher lost her job because she is a lesbian. Not only lesbian, but she decided to have a baby. According to The Province she failed to respect Catholic values.
The Province asks,
“Did Lisa Reimer, think that being a lesbian with a partner having a baby was none of the school’s business?”
They conclude that it was their business. So, then what are Catholic values? To hate anyone who they deem ungodly?
I for one, think it was wrong to fire her. Yet, in this country religious institutions unlike private, have the right to discriminate based on race, religion or sexual orientation. These allowances put them in the position of being above the law.
It seems that Catholic values allow child abuse; yet maintains that homosexuals are dangerous.
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Ministers plan ‘Freedom Ride’ against abortion
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Why do they claim to march for freedom? This will be an anti-freedom march. Antiabortionist want to take away a woman’s right to choose. Period.
Let’s not confuse civil rights with loss of rights. These people are not in danger. What do they risk? They already have the right not to get an abortion. What “freedom” are they marching for?
The African American struggle for equality should not be marred by an underhanded attempt to infringe on individual freedoms.
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Do I have issues with abortion? Yes. But abstinence only education has failed. Why not let schools teach real sex education, which includes pregnancy, and disease prevention. We must provide condoms for teens and teach the importance of using them. These practices will lower the abortion rate. It’s not a Christian answer, but it’s the best one.
Unfortunately anti abortion laws will not stop abortions. It will just make them illegal, expensive and dangerous.
A freedom march is for providing freedoms and equality, not to take them away.
Will Abolishing Religion Solve the World’s Problems?
Many atheists, like Richard Dawkins, believes it would. Unfortunately it’s not that simple. While I support no god in government; I have no delusions when it comes to human nature. We are a tribal, hateful race. We don’t like diversity. It scares us. A little primal I think. Uniformity is one of the goals of religion. To have everyone think and behave in accordance with divine law.
I advocate science over religion; evolution over creationism. If everyone agreed, it would not rid us of the human condition. A condition, marred with violence, and human conflict. Slavery at its origin, even in this country, had no religious biases. Today we continue to struggle with child abuse, human trafficking, and other forms of subjugation, not driven by religious motives.
While I must acknowledge that god is often used as a basis for inhumane behavior; it is not likely that the absence of a belief in god will end it. In some regards it may increase the problem. As a person can easily rationalize that there is no consequence for their actions.
Our society must evolve. I hope that it includes movement away from dependence on religious ideology. Yet I’m still left with questions.
- What is the difference between patriotism and religious zeal?
- How does ideological absolutism differ from religious absolutism?
They don’t. But that is the atheist delusion. To believe that religion is the source of all problems.
With all my doubts, I continue to desire, not a world, but a government free of religion. People who keep their religions in their homes and out of politics. To have laws which are made for us, and not about us.
If we eliminate god as the scapegoat perhaps we could get there faster. I believe the sooner we attribute what’s wrong in the world to our unkindness, poor logic and stupidity we can get on with improving the human condition.
Are we the god’s and devils that create the heavens or hells people live in?
Group Challenges Prayer in City Government
The civil liberties group called Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) hopes to make an example of the city of Birmingham. The group wants the invocation, given at the start of city council meetings, removed from the agenda.
Members of the city council feel that prayer is necessary; and say that no one can take away their right to pray. The FFRF, I assume, has no intention of taking away their rights. These people can pray any time they desire; but not as an official government act.
I see additional issues when prayer is forced in government settings. Mixed faiths. At these meetings, officials pray to the christian god, often in the name of Jesus. Certainly these prayers make no reference to Allah, Yahweh, Buddha, or Krishna.
We’ve all heard it said, “it’s the same god.” And I’d bet a million that it’s always a Christian who spouts it. It’s a farce. If not, then let them rotate prayer. Give each faith a spot in the agenda; let each take their turn. That would be fair and fun.
Separation of church and state means all churches, which also implies all religions and all gods.
I wish the FFRF organization much success.
