General Discussion

want to take away other people's rights to be diverse. They believe that their religion is the one, right, and only way, and therefore, everyone else is damned.
They have been working hard for centuries before this country even existed to pass their religious beliefs into law, so they can force them on the lives and bodies of everyone else, irregardless of whether or not we agree.
Believe and belief has the word LIE right in the middle of it. Those words bypass the need to think and conceal a refusal to simply say, " I don't know".
I personally reject the dominator father god religions. They are based on a punishment model of the universe, the idea that we are bad for getting here at all. That kind of concept doesn't work for me, and I don't think you have to belong to any religion to be moral, do the right thing, or live a kind and constructive life.
If religion works for you and helps you be a better person, great. You are more than welcome to it, as long as you don't try to force me or anyone else to conform to your beliefs.
I would also point out that there have been other civilizations that have had good laws, and none of the father dominator god religions were involved. Women of the Celtic tribes had more rights than Roman women, who were essentially, property.
Neither laws nor religion can guarantee good treatment of others. Humans create laws to give society some recourse in instances where one person harms another. Honoring those laws is a choice. We're seeing what happens when those laws are ignored or unfairly enforced.
I could also go on about how the father dominator god religions are used to justify the destruction of our planet's life support systems and the refusal to see the other beings as worthy of life or having any rights, but I know my post is getting long.
What I object to, and I think that many other people on this board would agree on, is that I object to any religion being forced on others and being used to crush diversity and enforce conformity. That's not freedom or democracy and I don't want my tax dollars paying for it. If you want your kids taught your religion, then either pay for it yourself or take them to regular attendance to your preferred place of worship.