Litbrit (also check the comments on the re-post here) tells it beautifully:
That is why so many of us have spoken out--we don't want government telling us what we should believe and how we should run our private, personal lives or how we should use our private, personal bodies. Not because we "hate" religion, but because we revere freedom.
And Amanda:
I want to assure you very much that I don't judge all Christians by the nasty actions of a few. Basically, as I've said before, I find it a shame that the word "Christian" gets applied both to true believers and those who just profess to believe because it gives them cover for their hate.
And Chris Clarke:
If there were more like him, I might still be a Catholic, grappling with the conflicts between doctrine and justice. And if there were more like him, the Church would not stand for people like Bill Donahue speaking in its name.
In fact if there were more like Father Cobos, maybe someone would have set Bill Donahue on a more Catholic path back when he was a child.
I think that a lot of people do miss the point that many of us who do NOT want religious interference in our lives, who do not trust the religious right one iota, are worried about freedom, not out to bash people who are religious.
If I don't want someone legislating their faith, making decisions that cannot be explained in a manner that doesn't involve invoking an unmeasurable, that's not descrimination.