Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
You cannot single out religion as the constant reason to have your way in a society with so many different serious convictions of all kinds.
This is the core of the problem, thir. For so many years - centuries! - religious groups have been living in a state of privilege, allowed to do things that others could not. Now, when we are beginning to push back, and telling them that they are no better than anyone else, they scream they are being persecuted. To these people, NOT being allowed to persecute gays, women, atheists, other religions, etc., is considered persecution!

It's time that religions were relegated to the churches where they belong and no longer given special privileges. That's happening in many places, already. But it isn't happening easily, nor fast enough. Churches should be subject to the laws of the land, and not making those laws.