Friday, February 19, 2010

This is not a Defense

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/02/you_are_a_religious_man_and_yo.php

“In an appalling act of bias, Judge Cherie Blair suspended the sentence of a man convicted of assaulting another and breaking his jaw because the assailant was a "religious man". Apparently just being a member of a particular cult is sufficient to get your criminal penalties reduced by a few years in her court; the scales of justice aren't quite fairly balanced for the godless.”

The idea that someone can have a case against them suspended on the ground that they are a religious man is an insult to those who stand for the separation of Church and State. If I ever end up on trail I’ll tell the judge I worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Let’s see how well that goes over.

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