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Spider Jerusalem

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61. In many countries, "the West" is not just the US

Thu Sep 13, 2012, 02:44 AM

Sep 2012

gay civil partnership or marriage is legal and recognised in most of Europe, much of South America, and Canada.

Same-sex marriage or civil partnership in the US is legal and recognised in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, New York, Iowa, Vermont, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey, and Washington. That's 19 states out of 50 (accounting for about one-third of the population), and it's not recognised federally. One of the major political parties in the US has as part of its policy platform a proposed constitutional amendment limiting marriage to "one man and one woman".

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Number of deaths due to the movie "The Life of Brian" = zero [View all] Nye Bevan Sep 2012 OP

And if there were.. naaman fletcher Sep 2012 #1

+1,000,000,000 liberallibral Sep 2012 #2

Of course it makes perfect sense to condemn all 1 billion muslims kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #55

Number of deaths committed by the "Crusaders" in the Middle Ages: Aristus Sep 2012 #3

Exactly. Lex Sep 2012 #8

That was the Middle Ages.... liberallibral Sep 2012 #9

Every faith goes through its periods of murderous fanaticism. Aristus Sep 2012 #13

Muslims ARE going backwards, I agree! liberallibral Sep 2012 #17

The Crusades Happened One Thousand Years Ago DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2012 #21

And we're suggesting it will take 1000 years for them to stop doing this stuff (nt) Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #23

I don't agree that we're doing either. Aristus Sep 2012 #28

Ever heard of Ireland? Scuba Sep 2012 #37

Excellent point. Chorophyll Sep 2012 #43

You mean like McVeigh? And anti-choice terrorists? kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #56

McVeigh was an agnostic anti-government nut ButterflyBlood Sep 2012 #59

Oh for Heaven's Sake leftynyc Sep 2012 #19

Thats the same argument that China trys to use to excuse its pollution problem Drale Sep 2012 #32

Environmental protection through restriction of polluting wastes is not a matter of technology. Aristus Sep 2012 #35

Our Christians are much more evolved. Hassin Bin Sober Sep 2012 #4

+1 !! Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2012 #16

I need a freakin' LIKE button for this! chalky Sep 2012 #40

This. +1 LadyHawkAZ Sep 2012 #41

+100 Chorophyll Sep 2012 #44

That does not include those killed due to uncontrolled laughing ksoze Sep 2012 #5

Now the Romneybot is after you. DippyDem Sep 2012 #26

Christianity hasn't changed or evolved 108vcd Sep 2012 #6

Although, as I recall, Monty Python did have to remove a scene thucythucy Sep 2012 #7

Number of deaths due to Catholics and Protestants blowing each other up? Lex Sep 2012 #10

There was far more outrage over Jesus Christ Superstar in the early 1970s slackmaster Sep 2012 #11

the only similarity between the 2 films is... lame54 Sep 2012 #12

Equivalency fail. The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #14

+1000. Christianity is very blood-soaked - the Inquisition; 'conversion' of closeupready Sep 2012 #15

When DUers need to go back to the 12th and 13th centuries to illustrate their point, Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #20

Maybe not quite that long but I mostly agree with you. randome Sep 2012 #27

They condemn homosexuals to death. We allow homosexuals to marry (in many states, at least). Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #29

'Horrifyingly un-PC' describes it. randome Sep 2012 #33

In many countries, "the West" is not just the US Spider Jerusalem Sep 2012 #61

When people like you seek to divide DU's membership, closeupready Sep 2012 #30

Isn't that what's being done.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Sep 2012 #39

Islam is 600 yrs younger. What was Christianity doing 600 yrs ago? dmallind Sep 2012 #34

I actually think there may be something like an organic linear aging process for religious beliefs. Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #49

That's my point. No deaths versus many deaths means no equivalency. Nye Bevan Sep 2012 #18

No, you missed the point. Your equivalency fail is here: The Midway Rebel Sep 2012 #47

Well that's a non-sequitur YankeyMCC Sep 2012 #22

If Christians had rioted and murdered people over either of those things 4th law of robotics Sep 2012 #24

Nope.nt cash__whatiwant Sep 2012 #45

I think for a comparison, I would have gone with "The Last Temptation of Christ" hughee99 Sep 2012 #25

thanks -- I was just about to post that nt MariaM83 Sep 2012 #46

I can't believe ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2012 #31

K & R some religious crazies are worse than others rollin74 Sep 2012 #36

I'll say it again: it's due more to a lynch-mob mentality than religion JHB Sep 2012 #38

It's not religion alone treestar Sep 2012 #42

We are tolerant, and generally secular bhikkhu Sep 2012 #48

I think the best thing we could do would be to offer them kind buds and High Def Porn Warren DeMontague Sep 2012 #50

Are you aware the deaths in Libya are possibly the result of an organized raid? blogslut Sep 2012 #51

Number of deaths related to Jud Süß? Scootaloo Sep 2012 #52

There was uproar about this movie Politicalboi Sep 2012 #53

This thread has really been an eye-opener Summer Hathaway Sep 2012 #54

How about the number of deaths as a result of The Silent Scream? 6000eliot Sep 2012 #57

The USA! 100% religiously-inspired violence free since.... August 2012!!! killbotfactory Sep 2012 #58

The whole thing is a smokescreen. "Angry mobs" typically don't carry rocket launchers ButterflyBlood Sep 2012 #60