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Originally Posted by chtulu
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Exactly, thank you for proving my point. Without religion, that would be one less reason to have an excuse for bigotry and intolerance. It's just a visage to cover pure and simple, hate for anything different then the opinions of the movers and shakers in the churches.
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I think you're missing the point. The bigotry and intolerance wouldn't dissipate with the removal of religion. It would just take on some new manifestation. Ironically, the argument against homosexuality would probably jump to scientific dogma. It's already started. Something along the lines of, "homosexuality doesn't promote reproduction, thus doesn't contribute to evolution, and ultimately hurts the species".
It's a prejudice that has existed for literally thousands of years. It's not going away by removing an institution that is, at a minimum, half a thousand years younger. Combating prejudice against homosexuals, much like combating racial, religious, and gender-based prejudice, relies almost entirely upon education. Again, the problem is ignorance -- not religion.