The Republican Platform

In our local paper, there is a letter to the editor saying the Republican platform is bigoted towards gays.

Historically, that is always been the case. Remember, the party is still a WASP male majority. They do have token women, and other minorities who support "traditional values" found in the bible. If you don't know what WASP means, it is White Anglo Saxon Protestants. The party's goal is to conserve, to keep things the way they are, to fight tooth and nail against extending rights to anyone who is not deemed to fit their ideal version of what an American is supposed to be. They impede progress whenever and however possible.

Here is my comment to the letter

The common complaint found on both sides of the issue is that each accuse the other that they are forcing their views on them. No one is forcing anyone to accept the views of anyone else. Everyone has the right to believe what they want, it is when a person or a group act on those beliefs trouble begins. No one can make you gay and no one can make you a theist. Theist’s continue to try and use the government to enforce their religious laws on all American’s. The homosexual so call agenda, is only asking for equal treatment under our secular laws. American history shows that over time, we as a nation have extended equal rights to more and more Americans, and in my humble opinion that is a good thing.

Bad News

Christopher Hitchens, my favorite anti-theist has cancer. Bummer

It will be very difficult to find anyone else with his skill and whit debating theists. Of course the theists are thrilled and are having a heyday over this. I hope he has the strength to stomp on them a few more times.

The worst part of his illness is, it appears self inflicted. Now we will loose this treasure a decade or so earlier than necessary. That is so sad.

The doctors try and try to warn us of the dangers of drinking and smoking, and I do see more and more people are trying to quit and the death rates have been slowly dropping, but it maybe too late for some who took the gamble and ignored the warnings for 20 or more years.

I would think us nonbelievers would take better care of ourselves, but alas it seems quite a few "party" like there is no tomorrow.
If you have not read his book "God is not Great" you should, it is a must read.