Equal Rights, Not Special Rights, for Fundies
that the other inmates don't find out he's a fundy, or they might try to make him their Biblical bitch.
Oh, and last but not least, no special rights means that religious beliefs cannot be included under hate crime statutes. So, just in case some raving liberal decides to take out a fundy, especially if he feels morally justified because that fundy or some other fundy in his past had the audacity to solicit Bible study to him, no court of law may enforce penalties based on the anti-fundy motivation.
So, my far-right fundy friends, do we have a deal? A right for a right, a tooth for a tooth? Hey, where'd you go? Oh, well. I guess it's back to signing petitions and emailing my congresspeople every week. Sigh.
*The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Greg Palast. New York: Plume, c2004. **“Let Them Eat Wedding Cake.” Barbara Ehrenreich. The Baltimore Sun, July 13, 2004. ***Anything But Straight. Wayne R. Besen. New York: Harrington Park Press, c2003.
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