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    Religion inspires hatred.

Anyone proclaiming they are chosen ones, or are better than someone else because of pious qualities x,y,z are almost always horribly unethical people.  Case in point the recent frenzy in the United States featuring devout followers of Christ insulting wait staff with homophobic slurs and not tipping them because it ‘goes against god’.  But it is always best to let the bigots speak for themselves.  First an incident in New Jersey:

When Morales introduced herself to the couple and their two children, the mother was allegedly shocked by Morales’ short hair.

“Oh I thought you were gonna say your name is Dan,” she allegedly said. “You sure surprised us!”

At the end of the meal, Morales was left with no tip on the $93.55 bill. Instead, she found a note on the receipt, reading: “I’m sorry but I cannot tip because I don’t agree with your lifestyle & how you live your life.”

Wow.  I’ll let Morales speak for herself in reply to this discrimination. 

“I am THOROUGHLY offended mad pissed off and hurt that THIS is what her kids will grow up learning and that I served in the Marines to keep ignorant people like them free. Sorry lady but I don’t agree with YOUR lifestyle and the way you’re raising your kids but you didn’t see me throwing that in your face and giving you shitty service. Keep your damn mouth shut and pray we never cross paths again.”

   Let’s get this out of way now – the sexual preferences and orientation of your server has exactly zero to do with the quality of service they provide for you.  The problem as illustrated lies entirely within the framework of the person being the asshat.   Oh, and are you seeing the love that christians constantly knacker on about any here. 

No? 

I only see prejudice, fear and bigotry’ the usual unholy trifecta “ethical religious behaviour”.  

A popular Italian eatery in Kansas where a server received this charming note on the bill:

“Thank you for your service, it was excellent. That being said, we cannot in good conscience tip you, for your homosexual lifestyle is an affront to GOD. Queers do not share in the wealth of GOD, and you will not share in ours. We hope you will see the tip your fag choices made you lose out on, and plan accordingly. It is never too late for GOD’S love, but none shall be spared for fags. May GOD have mercy on you.”

Thank you religion for keeping one of the strongest sources of ingroup/outgroup trauma alive and well in the 21st century.  This is the kind of repugnant thinking that grows out of following bronze-age mythology.  The sanctimonious hatred and fear that would prompt someone to write this to their server speaks volumes on how the ethics of religion stack up to modern moral interpretation.

As in, not at fracking all.

Oh sure, I’m generalizing but generalizing correctly.  There is no need to look farther than the Republican Party of the United States and the piously-twisted shit that they (the christian right) are proposing on almost a daily basis in the US Congress.  Hatred of women, the poor, people who are not white, and not straight are regular targets the christian hate machine.

This undulating wave of vicious hatred  spews forth from the same people who like to say “god is love” and if we just let christ into our hearts we can find salvation.

Fuck your god, fuck your christ and a double fuck to your “salvation”.

Sideways.

The treatment of the innocent service staff in restaurants makes me angry you feeble-minded, bigoted, christian fucks.  Anyone with the smallest shred of ethical fiber can see the grievous harm your ass-clam of a religion brings into the world and would rightly condemn it for being an insidious, retrograde movement, that is making the world a shittier place to live in.