Quote Originally Posted by MMI View Post
Get over it and get on with life: it's the only one you have.
Which is basically what atheists have been told since the beginnings of religion. When they weren't just executed instead. "Don't make waves." "It's not hurting anyone." "It's only a prayer."

But look at the horrifying trends now going on in the US. Religious fundamentalists are trying to take over state legislatures, making inroads into the Congress and Senate, and now trying for the Presidency. What happens when the theocracy is established and atheism becomes illegal? Then they make Islam illegal. Then Scientology. You basically wind up with another Saudi Arabia, but run by Christians instead. What happens when they start censoring the internet in the US, as it's done in other parts of the world? This site, for many here, will no longer be available. Anything that doesn't pass their narrow, religious filters would be allowed. And don't say it can't happen. It can. They are trying to do it right now.

And don't think you would be safe in the UK, either. The same kinds of fundamentalist idiots we have here are starting to make a fuss over there. If it happens here, how long will the UK remain free?

No, we don't need to "get over it", we need to keep fighting it, keep pointing out the idiocy, the immorality of the religious leaders, the stupidity and misogyny of the political leaders. We have to keep letting people know what is happening, and what it can mean for them!