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 So I'm a troll now?  Nice, still not proof, just more "sugar coated" mud slinging. Tess I responded to a poster who ASKED for opinions.  In my world opinions are usually accompanied by beliefs, and one is useless without the other.  Or are you saying that my lack of belief in a supreme being...

Already answered these kinds of straw man arguments. Why do people insist that my disbelief is founded in hatred?  I invite anyone to show a single instance where I have espoused hate for religion. Until that can be done then all such comments are nothing more than useless pontification by...

No it isn't. I teach my children, which is not the same as denying them a choice. Selecting a religion for a child is not equivalent to teaching between right and wrong.  My children will not be ostracized by society for not having a religion forced on them like they would be if I were to...

Marching in the rain is not a choice if it is raining and you are having a parade outside.   Having a parade in a church/mosque/synagogue is a conscious choice of venue. Just to clarify, I agree with the idea of accommodation.  As an atheist I accommodate the beliefs of the vast majority...

Speaking only from my own experience the usual response to the request to be excused was something along the lines of  "Why, what's wrong with you?" or my personal favorite... "Why, it won't hurt you to participate"  but I've voiced my displeasure with this sort of group-think/harassment before...

I would say that leaving that choice to the child is the right thing to do.  The reason I say that is because I will always advocate free will.  Is the choice to believe yours or your child's?  To me that is the question you and your wife should answer. We are in my opinion far too often slaves...

Yes, so glad that foolishness is no longer permitted.

By my calculations there are still 5.5 billion theists out there...  We've a ways to go. :( ;)

The big question here is does the nation mourn, or is the nation in mourning when any soldier dies in the line of duty? We also commemorate all our soldiers that have died fighting the good fight every Nov 11. To me I say no to this motion.  The nation no more goes into mourning when Pte...

And me without a cam corder... :(

Why?  If the only thing decided at the convention is the selection of the leader then it will allow more of the members of the party to actually vote for their leader of choice.  Currently each riding only gets to send a small delegation to vote for the leader so only a small minority of card...

Might be, but as you said with limits in place.

Parties are an inevitability, either formalized like our system or informal (like in Afghanistan) like seeks out like.  The trick is to limit the power held by the apparachik and destroy the ideal of a "political career".

Got to get them to stop requiring all that science and learning stuff.  Everyone knows that the average space colonizer will be some poor lout who couldn't get a real job back here on earth, or is such a wacko that his own country wants him gone ASAP. By the way I volunteer. And I fit my own...

Which is another reason that the Party system as it is in Canada is causing a degradation in the pluralism of our democracy. Too much power in the hands of the party, not enough in the hands of the people/MP's

I like the way you think. :D 

Exactly, the choice is still the MP's.  She He still has to face the consequences but no one can issue an order for Him or Her to remain seated and leave them without free will to stand on their own. Yes our MP's are whipped in more way than one but they can still vote their conscience.

Being ordered to attend a church parade.  Being singled out or punished for your disbelief. The latter one of these was recently in the news in the US. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTPjkhPtGfRjsMUS9Q_F95TRAdcQD8V7JRIO0 Like I said though, this does not happen with any regularity in the...

Absolutely, it also means that we have to respect peoples right to no religion. The whole removing head dress thing is a red herring.  This guy just wanted to play the religion card, or should I say the anti-religion card not to prove a point, or even to win a concession, but just to poke...

What point is that?