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Atheists & Agnostics

Lordquinton

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7. Old laws should be counted too

Reply to progressoid (Reply #5)

Fri Dec 11, 2015, 08:42 PM

Dec 2015

Even if they aren't enforced, they are still there and could be enforced. Like the stuff in holy books, as we have seen people will bring up any passage if they think it supports their position.

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International Humanist Group Issues Report on Anti-Atheist Discrimination Around the World [View all] mr blur Dec 2015 OP

Nothing to see here, move along. Warren Stupidity Dec 2015 #1

Edit: thx, mr blur Yorktown Dec 2015 #2

But, China is an atheist country! Lordquinton Dec 2015 #3

To be fair, the report concerns itself with more than atheism. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #11

But, China is Atheist Lordquinton Dec 2015 #12

What's up with Canada? edhopper Dec 2015 #4

Or Denmark or the UK? progressoid Dec 2015 #5

Old laws should be counted too Lordquinton Dec 2015 #7

Any report that shows the US as less unfriendly to freethinkers than the UK is nuts whatthehey Dec 2015 #6

Mostly Based on Legal Standpoints gelatinous cube Dec 2015 #8

I suppose, but to me that's a false metric whatthehey Dec 2015 #9

I've always lived here, it's a false metric for me to. mr blur Dec 2015 #10

The problem is that the laws are still on the books Lordquinton Dec 2015 #13