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I take it you're not in Canada or the U.S., or you are but you've been living under a rock this whole time. Anyway, American Christians are imposing their beliefs upon others' lives, making it so that they, regardless of THEIR beliefs or lack thereof, have to live by the Christians' rules. In some states, people who don't believe in old Goddie-boy aren't allowed to hold public office or be in boy scouts. Many orphanages don't allow gay couples to adopt, on the basis of, "homosexuality is against our religion," and gays aren't allowed in the Army, again because Christians believe homosexuality is "wrong". You have non-theists being fired from their jobs and dumped by their girlfriends because these Christians don't want someone who doesn't share their "love of God". And in some states, you can't buy alcohol on Sundays, because it's "God's day of rest."
Then there's Ken Ham and his Creationism museum, which over 20 million dollars went into, and Creationism is silly; it says just because we create complex things, we too must have been created because we are even more complex than our creations. I'm sorry, but it doesn't work that way; that's speculation; it's no different than if one were to say, "Dog poop is brown, and, hey! Chocolate is brown, too! So this dog poop here should taste like chocolate! Nom nom nom." That's right, Creationists, eat up! If this is the sort of thing that passes for "sound reasoning", then what are you waiting for? Go get your hot, fresh dog shit!
And they tried to push for Creationism to be taught as science. Such audacity. Oh, and we can't forget the mandatory Lord's Prayer in certain schools. Hellooo, not everyone is Chrisssssstian. How about some respect for the non-religious people and people of other religions.
And in many places, non-believers are shunned and ridiculed simply for lacking belief.
Now, the situation isn't quite as bad here in Canada, however it is still bad. We have both a public and Catholic school board, and Creationism is taught in the Catholic schools. So, our tax dollars are being wasted on this nonsense.
So it's high time the religious prove their beliefs true, or kindly keep it the fuck out of government and education, because it doesn't belong there. That's what your churches are for.