The most confusing thing about religious opposition to gay marriage as a platform for debate, is that no one religion has any claim to marriage. Religion doesn’t own marriage. Marriage is a human right.
The most confusing thing about religious opposition to gay marriage as a platform for debate, is that no one religion has any claim to marriage. Religion doesn’t own marriage. Marriage is a human right.
If you’re a Christian living in North America, you believe what you do because your ancestors either were, or were conquered by the Romans.
Putting aside the fact that it’s more expensive to execute someone than imprison them for the rest of their life, politicians have turned it into a platform for appearing tough on crime, possibly leading to the execution of innocent people. Innocent people have without a doubt, been executed, and if for no reason other than that, capital punishment should be abolished.
Personally, I think Huxley’s version is a lot more plausible. If the world is going to go up in flames, I think it’s way more likely that we’re going to watch it on youtube, rather than be censored from seeing it or talking about it at all.
11. Not getting shot and left for dead on the side of a dusty Mexican back road(pending international legalization).
Mutual recognition of existence or mutually assured destruction. There are no other options.
Personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing Twilight gone, but banning books sets a dangerous precedent. Are we banning them because they are actually harmful, or just because we see them as dangerous to the status quo/they don’t align with our personal views. Banning books on a certain subject matter doesn’t make that issue disappear, it just makes future generations less informed and more ignorant when dealing with it.
The volatility of some parts of Africa make reliable mineral and energy harvesting difficult. China, however, is rolling the dice and making big deals to secure resources there.
27% of U.S. male college students believe life is “A meaningless existential hell.”
President Kennedy was the fastest speaking president, with an average speed of 350 words per minute.
RIAA, adapt or die. Prosecutions will not save you.
The only difference between Muslim extremists and American Christian extremists is that the former wants to destroy the United States with explosives and violence, while the latter wants to destroy it with idiotic political policies. There’s nothing wrong with being religious, just don’t push your views on others.
In 1991 a back man had a 29% chance of spending some time in prison.
IF it weren’t for all the pregnant teens, it would be extremely funny that the abstinence only education states have the highest rate of pregnancy.
Women have overtaken men by percentage as university students, so in the near future, higher educated employees will be more likely to be female than male. Go get ‘em girls.
