Saturday, August 6 is Texas Governor Rick Perry’s officially proclaimed and endorsed Christian day of prayer and fasting. Since Rick Perry want’s all Americans to join him on this day, that means that non-Christians either have five days to convert or be left out since we’re excluded from joining in on Christian prayer.
FFRF is planing a feast and protest of the event. That’s a great idea, but personally I really like what the local atheist community here in Idaho’s Treasure Valley is doing.
We’re going to the Boise Beer Fest! That’s right, a group of godless heathens spending Perry’s day of prayer and fasting tasting the offerings of several dozen breweries. The line up includes some of my favorites and some that almost make the cut to be on my list of favorites. What I’m even more excited about is the dozens of microbrews that I’ve never even heard of before. Given the choice on a beer selection I usually either get PBR or something I’ve never tried before.
The gates open at 11:00 am and some of us will likely show up not too long after that. I have the weekend off, so why not spend at least one day of it drinking? If you want to meet up with the group you can email me or look for the atheist holding the “I’m a Jackass” sign by the wristbands around 5:00 pm. Don’t worry, the sign is neither my idea, nor will I be carrying it.
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I live in Texas so I have to listen to this all the time. What a nut job. Why do the righthanders always have to start on with God and Gays. He just came out in support of a constitutional amendment banning Gay marriage. Why don't we remove marriage from the public sphere completely and let the individual churches decide who they will marry. The Government should only regulate contracts. Government support of religion violates the establishment of religion clause IMHO.
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I meant to write that government support of marriage violates the establishment of religion clause.
By the way, keep up the good work. Your blog is on of the few written coming from the Ex Adventist perspective.
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I agree that marriage should be a private matter for churches, families, and other groups to decide. However civil unions should be regulated by the state due to the issues around joint property and how to divide that. In the case of a civil union there is no religious baggage around it so the gender(s) and number of people involved shouldn't be an issue.
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Thanks.