Oklahoma is Banning Atheists from Getting Married

[Revoltingest]

Sarcasm is expressed by the gay gene. If you don't have the gay gene, your sarcasm is epic fail.

 

[Jainarayan]

It could even be a conspiracy of gay marriage proponents to pretend to be conservative, & stealthily introduce a law which makes gay marriage equal to straight marriage in all ways. Those sneaky gays!

Are we that transparent?

 

[Revoltingest]

Are we that transparent?

No...only the keenest conspiracy theorists with the shiniest hats can see your nefarious plot.
But I ain't tell'n....I ain't no snitch.

 

[NewGuyOnTheBlock]

Even if passed, this bill will not stand. I don't know why they think its a good idea to introduce doomed legislation.

 

[Revoltingest]

Even if passed, this bill will not stand. I don't know why they think its a good idea to introduce doomed legislation.

Political theater.

 

[Mycroft]

I think anyone who ever says a phrase like this must specifically state which God he is referring to.
He must also make a declaration, before the statement, of which interpretation and of which holy book is particular version of God comes from.

For example:
"Oh my, Abrahamic deity of the protestant inclanation, most prominently Baptist but liberal enough to use the Common English Bible!!"

I say 'Oh my gods' to cover all the bases and leave no room for confusion.

 

[Smart_Guy]

Now I know why "oh my goodness" was invented

 

[sojourner]

Think about it logically though. Do atheists really need to get married? Can't they just have immoral relations with each other. Those immoral atheists. How dear they be so immorally immoral. Marriage is sacred and atheists are immoral. They have no morals. They should be banned from marriage. And from eating crackers w/wine. And from pretending to be moral. That's what they are. Immoral, moral-pretending devils. They're the devils. They should move to NJ. All of them. And live in ghettos on big swathes of ice. With goals and hockey sticks.

In Newark.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

Wait, how can atheists be distinguished from non-atheists? Do ID's over there have a "belief" field?

Or do they just ask them?

*chuckles*

Yeah, it's a fair point.
For me, any requirement to get married in a church or to swear an oath to God would have been a deal-breaker, regardless of whether the one imposing it was the State or my fiancée.
For exactly the same reason, I am legal guardian to children from multiple families, but Godfather to exactly zero. I have theist friends, and I think swearing an oath to a God I don't believe in belittles their honest belief, as well as misrepresents myself and atheism.

Luckily I live in a place where no-one gives a crap about this, and the only people I need to explain myself to are those closest to me.

But if I WANTED to pretend I was a theist, I could do a pretty fine job.

 

[Marisa]

We're down to the wire now, in the race to see which southern state will be the last to be dragged across the equality finish line kicking and screaming.

 

[Smart_Guy]

*chuckles*

Yeah, it's a fair point.
For me, any requirement to get married in a church or to swear an oath to God would have been a deal-breaker, regardless of whether the one imposing it was the State or my fiancée.
For exactly the same reason, I am legal guardian to children from multiple families, but Godfather to exactly zero. I have theist friends, and I think swearing an oath to a God I don't believe in belittles their honest belief, as well as misrepresents myself and atheism.

Luckily I live in a place where no-one gives a crap about this, and the only people I need to explain myself to are those closest to me.

But if I WANTED to pretend I was a theist, I could do a pretty fine job.

I didn't know atheists had it like that over there.

Oh well, tell them I meant god with lower case G and that your god is (put anything you like here)