It’s Hard Out Here for an Atheist
April 9th, 2008
by Brian J. Sabel
Generally I try not to be a complainer but this one really got to me:
Atheist activist Rob Sherman was testifying before the Illinois legislature regarding the issue of state funding for church building rehabilitation when Rep. Monique Davis (D - Chicago) tore into him for his atheism. Among other shocking comments, she said, “[I]t’s dangerous for our children to even know that your philosophy exists!” And later ordered, “Get out of that seat! You have no right to be here!” Fortunately, Mr. Sherman refused to yield. Listen for yourself here.
Sometimes I feel like I’m being dramatic when I mention the generally negative attitude the public has about atheists. But when a relatively high-profile politician can say these kinds of things without a firestorm of criticism and hardly a peep from the press I have to wonder if it’s even worse than I thought.
Special thanks to the Council for Secular Humanism for the lead.
April 16th, 2008 at 5:18 am
“… politician can say these kinds of things…I
have to wonder if it’s even worse than I thought.”
My personal thought is that IT’S unthinkably worse
than most could ever imagine.Where I’m from small
town IA, there’s a new chirch that just opened up,
Kiao, whitch as far as I can tell started down south Texas/Florida as more of a youth/young adult
chirch camp? anyway kaio is Greek for “to set on fire”. The reason I bring that up is because it truly seems as though there is a movement of some kind with regards to race & religion.?.
As long as your breathing & heart rate ar under
control I would say you’re just making a point on
a topic that you feel some passion for now on the
other hand say if you’re heart rate & breathing is out of wack & you are raving then you’re being
dramatic.
I am new at this so I’m sorry if my writing is
unorthodox though I do hope that people understand what I was trying to relate. thank you