Growing Hostility towards Evangelical Christians on Atlas

[Calthrina950]

I am not an evangelical Christian. In fact, I don't consider myself to be particularly religious, although I do believe that there is a God and I do tend to find comfort in certain religious sayings, or from certain expressions of faith. I certainly don't agree with much of what ExtremeRepublican believes in. However, I oppose discriminating against people on the basis of any of their characteristics, whether that be their race, religion, gender, creed, sexual orientation, or national origin. Thus, on the one hand, I don't condone those who go out of their way to mock evangelical Christians or to imply that they are "backwards" or contribute nothing of value to our society.

But on the other hand, I don't think that gay people should be denied their right to marry, or transgender people denied their right to transition as they feel necessary, because of the religious beliefs held by someone else. This is a country with separation of church and state, with a First Amendment that guarantees freedom of religion, and a Fourteenth Amendment that guarantees the equal protection of the laws. What this means is that every faith should be free to believe and to practice as they wish, but no faith or no practice should be given preference under our laws, or that religious belief be allowed to harm others.