Rick Perry: Americans have no right to freedom from religion

[Shotgun Jeremy]

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/...icans-have-no-right-to-freedom-from-religion/


I think he makes an interesting point.

What do y'all think about this?

 

[TX69]

I heard it on BAP and I am good with it.

 

[txinvestigator]

He is right, in the given context. Good on Perry.

 

[Dawico]

He is right, in the given context. Good on Perry.

This.

I am tired of the liberal left deciding what is okay to say and what isn't. One little victory over our over-PC'd society is good to hear.

 

[Brains]

I think his statement should be quoted everywhere. He's exactly right. This country was founded largely because folks wanted the ability to freely and openly follow the religion of their choosing. Period. Not to shove it down everyone's throat mind you, and not to hide it away so people never heard of it. A sane, happy medium where I can tell my Jewish buddy Merry Christmas, and he can tell me Happy Hanukkah, and we're both happy. Where I can have Catholic family, and Protestant family, and Mormon friends, and Jewish friends, and any mix of religious views, and we can all get along.

The progressive dirtbags who continue to try forcing THEIR views are no better than the "religious zealots" they so emphatically hate. If you're an atheist, well there's you go. That's fine. That's your religious view. Stop trying to indoctrinate the rest of the world to it. Practice what you preach and all that.

“I’m proud we are standing up for religious freedom in our state. Freedom of religion doesn’t mean freedom from religion.”

 

[matefrio]

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[Pilgrim]

I love the hate-filled comments from the liberal looneys in that site.

 

[TheDan]

Perry is 100% correct... You have every right to say "Merry Christmas" to me and I have every right to say "Bah! Humbug!!" back to you. It's ridiculous that there needs to be a law for this.

 

[dennisz]

This would never fly in the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia!! That's another reason why I'm getting the ***k out of here!

Dennis

 

[TX69]

Perry is 100% correct... You have every right to say "Merry Christmas" to me and I have every right to say "Bah! Humbug!!" back to you. It's ridiculous that there needs to be a law for this.

When in the season I make a point to say it NICE AND LOUD at the department stores. Haven't had anyone argue with me yet.

 

[dustycorgill]

I love the hate-filled comments from the liberal looneys in that site.

I read some of the comments. Wow. They never have any factual imformation, EVER. Just a bunch of name calling and sh*t talking. These are the same poeple that would want to take cover behind one of us if the SHTF.

 

[rushthezeppelin]

I read some of the comments. Wow. They never have any factual imformation, EVER. Just a bunch of name calling and sh*t talking. These are the same poeple that would want to take cover behind one of us if the SHTF.

My head nearly exploded trying to read them... Where the **** did the bill say it only protected Christian speech cuz that's what half these idiots are claiming it does. FFS are these people okay with Muslims being the only ones able to say anything about their religion in school since they are required to pray to Meccah several times a day?

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[dustycorgill]

My head nearly exploded trying to read them... Where the **** did the bill say it only protected Christian speech cuz that's what half these idiots are claiming it does. FFS are these people okay with Muslims being the only ones able to say anything about their religion in school since they are required to pray to Meccah several times a day?

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I agree, I also think I lost a few IQ points from reading some of the comments.

 

[majormadmax]

Way to go Rick! Now get open carry in the special session and I'll build a statue of you!

 

[Mike D Texas]

Yep he's right.

We have the right to be free from Government forced religion but you do not have the right to be free from me openly practicing my religion.

I don't see what's so heard to understand about that.


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[Flewda]

Go Perry! Anytime a store tells me "Happy Holidays" I always respond "Merry Christmas to you too" - I don't care that it bugs them. They can bite me if it does. However, many people often smile and then reply with a "Merry Christmas" in addition because if I say it first they are then "allowed" to say it back. But you know that liberal people probably hate that, too, because the next customer in line might overhear it and get wildly offended.

 

[London]

I'm not a religious person. In fact, I'm very turned off by 99% of what any general religion has to offer. Even so, lawsuit happy atheists who act like "Merry Christmas" is the equivalent of greeting a Jew with "Sieg Heil" are a bunch of flaky, histrionic, professional victim morons who give the other 99% of atheists a bad name. Christmas these days is so corporatized it's only slightly more of a religious holiday than St. Valentine's Day. There's hardly any valid atheist complaint there.

Not accusing anyone here of this, but I get a little irked when religious people make blanket statements about atheists being assholes for whining about stuff like this. It would be better to assign appropriate blame to the droves of mindless, revolting sub-humans who only feel validated when acting "Offended" by everything because that's the only way they can EVER feel morally superior to anyone. This isn't an atheist problem- it's a lifestyle victim problem- and religious people have them amongst their ranks as well.

*RANT OVER*

 

[Das Jared]

I'm not a religious person. In fact, I'm very turned off by 99% of what any general religion has to offer. Even so, lawsuit happy atheists who act like "Merry Christmas" is the equivalent of greeting a Jew with "Sieg Heil" are a bunch of flaky, histrionic, professional victim morons who give the other 99% of atheists a bad name. Christmas these days is so corporatized it's only slightly more of a religious holiday than St. Valentine's Day. There's hardly any valid atheist complaint there.

Not accusing anyone here of this, but I get a little irked when religious people make blanket statements about atheists being assholes for whining about stuff like this. It would be better to assign appropriate blame to the droves of mindless, revolting sub-humans who only feel validated when acting "Offended" by everything because that's the only way they can EVER feel morally superior to anyone. This isn't an atheist problem- it's a lifestyle victim problem- and religious people have them amongst their ranks as well.

*RANT OVER*

I see atheism as a religion as itself.

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[London]

I see atheism as a religion as itself.

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For some people, certainly. So is victimhood.