bigotry

My personal position on religion is I am am an aethiast however I respect the right of those who are religious to express their beleif on the provisio they do not force it on to me or others. This runs for Christians, jews, Muslims, Hindus, Bhuddists, pagans et al. Now it strikes me that...

"Lincoln U. Requires Its Students to Step on the Scale At Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, students who are deemed too heavy must pass a physical-fitness course. As part of the university's core curriculum, campus health educators weigh and measure all freshmen during the fall semester...

Tonight's episode of mythbusters included an experiment to test if Tory and Grant would use more gas when driving stressed than relaxed. In the experiment, they are primed with either relaxation or stress before driving a set-out course. Tory's relaxation: watching the director's cut of...

Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has vetoed a bill sponsored by America's homophobe Sally Kern that would have provided Special Rights™ to students suffering from religious delusions to say or submit any type of speech without restriction so long as they claimed it was based on the alleged policies...

The JREF seems to be dedicated to exposing woo for woo and thereby, presumably influencing the beliefs of the consumers of woo. This would seem to suggest that the JREF, in principle, understands that beliefs are matters of decion or choice, and that people can change their beliefs about, at...

Not Texas racism... just some good ole boys who say NIMBY!!! Link to story Looks like a nice reasonable open minded bloke to me.... You may commence the caption contest! Click the link...there's a forum at a faux Islamic web site that these utter morons have set up in order to insult every...

Brokeback Mountain’s terrific reception has suddenly brought all the homophobes out of the woodwork. So now, here are three excellent counterarguments to present to homophobes and others who disapprove of homosexuality (Bible-based disapproval or otherwise). 1. Leviticus is morally bankrupt...

Speaking as an American white male, I have noticed that, in spite of civil rights advancements, there seems to exist certain forms of bigotry that are still considered acceptable, and sometimes desirable. The first form I have noticed is the anti-gay sentiment that is popular in many places...

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