BOYCOTT!

I wrote this for the National Organisation for Marriage's blog in reference to the National Organisation for Marriage's Dump Starbucks campaign;
Did I tell you my niece and her fellow are setting up their own business? If I give you the name could you at NOM arrange a boycott? My niece has admitted she 'has no problem, sort of,' with same sex marriage, so that could be an excuse.
You could set a website up and get people to sign saying 'these people (well, one of two) have no problem with same sex marriage, therefore sign saying you're not going to patronise the place'.
Make sure you mention it every site NOM are affiliated with and mention it in broadcasts you make.
I've never seen so many people in Starbucks, there are half a dozen in Manchester city centre and every one has queues trailing sometimes out onto the front of the shop, from opening to shutting time. From 12 to 3pm you're lucky if you can get a seat at all.
A NOM boycott would give the youngsters the boost they need to start off right.

SELF KILLING

You get Christian* apologists stating that the Bible story of Jesus has to be true because the Apostles and other followers willingly went to their death for Jesus. After all, who would die for a made up tale?
Four words; Marshall Herff Applewhite Jr.
Unless you think the forty who died were all whisked off by the spacecraft in the tail of Hale Bop comet and are now living the life of Riley in some plain above humanity, not fully material yet not totally spiritual?**

*Hell, I've said it. In fact, this and some of the writings of C S Lewis seemed eminently reasonable when it came to presenting the case for Christianity.
**Another slightly different version was, who would die for something they knew was a lie? Both the murdered Christians and self killing Heaven's Gate people believed their doctrines without any doubt. Can you really say one was true and the other not? By what criteria? Certainly not the level of commitment and passion of the belief of the followers.

PERSECUTION FOR ALL!

Here's how it works;
Fundamentalist Christian ; Homosexuals are all evil perverted sinners who deserve hell. They should stop their filthy lifestyle and turn to Jesus where they will all automatically turn straight and meet and marry a member of the opposite sex and grow children in the official designated Christian way. Every government should right away make gayness illegal and a criminal offence. I'm not saying that, it's the true, holy God of the Bible who says it and I'm following what He says.
Freethinker ; Yes, you believe that. Good for you. But surely you can admit not all believe the same way as you. Is it fair that your views should be turned into laws that effect everyone?
Chris ; How dare you take away my right to speak freely!
FT ; I'm not. You've got a right to believe and say what you want, but don't try and impose your beliefs on others who in all reason can't believe the same way. Or who believe something different.
Chris ; Stop persecuting me!
FT :  How am I persecuting you? I said you can say what you think, but if you make statements like homosexuals are evil, perverted sinners, according to my interpretation of the Bible, surely you should expect someone to criticise you?
Chris ; You are seriously bullying me now!
FT : I can't see how I am. OK, fair enough. What proof have you got that your God is the real one and your Bible contains the word of the true God?
Chris ;  You have no right to bully me in this way and tell me what to think. This is persecution from the bowels of hell, Satan himself has sent you to torment me. I've got the truth and you haven't. If you don't go away I'm getting the police!
Every fundamentalist Christian believes they have the truth and everyone questioning them, no matter how gently, is out to destroy them and persecute them and take their rights, the rights they want to deny LGBT people just for being who they are.
And they have the audacity to say LGBT people have no right to be angry at them.