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Stephen Green, leader of militant fuckwit religious extremists ‘Christian Voice’*:

“The Bible calls for the ultimate penalty for sodomy (Lev 20:13) and for rape (Deut 22:25), and our Lord upheld the death penalty when He called for the accusers of the woman caught in adultery to cast the first stone (John 8:7) – if, that is, they were not implicated in adultery themselves.

“The contrast between our politicians and those of Uganda could not be more stark. A Parliamentarian in Uganda is trying to protect his nation’s children. The House of Commons of the United Kingdom is trying to corrupt ours. Which country is the more civilised, I wonder, in the eyes of Almighty God?”

Well then, my dear boy, to bring out an old cliché: if you like it so much why don’t you go live there?

*not to be confused with militant fuckwit religious extremists the ‘Christian Institute’

Marc Mutty, public affairs director for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on the repeal of the Maine gay marriage bill:

“We went up against tremendous odds… We all know we were the little guy going up against the big guy, but we prevailed.”

How on Earth did the poor little tiny Roman Catholic church manage to survive all that? Must have been tough.

Ikram ul-Huq, imam of the Muslim Community Center of Bloomington, Minnesota:

If everyone is a gay, this world will cease to exist in 10 years

Various religious leaders in Minnesota are pushing for a constitutional amendment to ensure that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, and not between filthy homos people of the same gender.

Political analysts don’t expect it to get through (it’s been unsuccessful before) but it’ll be interesting to see what public reaction will be, especially in a state where religiosity and religious affiliation is broadly representative of the US as a whole.

Soon enough, the ENTIRE population will be a gay

Out of touch with today’s science?

Career fading?

No longer able to do any research of material value?

Need a bit of cash?

Then all you need to do is write some bullshit about how science can’t possibly preclude the existence of a supreme being, post it off to the Templeton Foundation and Bob’s your uncle, a million quid lands on your doorstep.

Nice.

Fundies don’t want teachers to be discriminated against.

If a kid’s being bullied, then it’s all part of a teacher’s job to help that child and make sure they’re not coming to any harm, and of course to help sort out the situation.

Unless (according to militant fuckwits The Christian Institute) that kid’s suffering from homophobic bullying. After all, how could a devout extremist Christian teacher help out a kid that’s subject of homophobic bullying, when the very idea of homosexuality is a bit icky because mummy told them that it’s dirty to touch dangly bits abhorrent to them?

There has been an orchestrated movement over the past couple of years in the UK towards “protecting” the “rights” of religious people. Now, it’s not as though they’re being denied their rights to worship. It’s not as though they are being put in prison for their beliefs. It’s not as though they don’t have uncensored access to religious material.

Religious people have as much freedom as they want to practise their quirky little rituals however they want. They have representation in government. They have a say in local communities.

Why in the name of all that’s unholy do they need to tell the rest of us how to live our lives? Why should they feel the need to persecute some poor kid because a bigger kid thinks that they’re a bit too effeminate / butch for their peer group?

Sure, bullying happens. It’s part of growing up. You’ll never stop it. But for fuck’s sake don’t treat a kid like shit because of your shitty belief system, because (without wanting to sound too much like a Have Your Say reactionary bigot) where do you draw the line?

Do you allow Christian or Jewish teachers to treat children differently who have a Sunday job (Numbers 15)? or long hair (1 Corinthians 11)? or who wear polyester/cotton mixes (Deuteronomy 22)?

So remember, all you schoolkids out there, support the Christian Institute in their bid to change the Code of Conduct. It means you won’t get in trouble if you do all your gay bashing in the presence of a Christian teacher!

Huzzah!