Alphecca

nice find. sounds like one smart lady

Another repetition of that slandering slur: 'no Atheists in foxholes'.

The JNW, of all publications, should know better.

Bigots.

Tom is Wright. Sorry, bad pun. I was in a foxhole as we took incoming once. Got a Combat Action Ribbon for it as proof. I believe the thoughts running through my mind were along the lines of "Yep, still an Atheist."
I always found it ironic that the only people you hear say that have never been in a foxhole (or could even tell you what one was) or if they were, they were certainly not Atheists, so how would they know?
A Muslum could say "There are no Christians in foxholes" and it would mean basicly the same thing. It's an offensive statement.

I wrote them am email protesting and gave them the website for the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers.

I am contantly amazed that so many pro-gun folks are so bigoted towards non-monotheists, whether atheist, pagan, or polytheists or animists like Bhuddists, Hindus, Shinto's, etc.

It is really hard to fight the rightwing-racist-redneck sterotype. When people find out I am pro-gun they automatically assume the sterotype. Even at a Mensa meeting, when I mentioned I was pro-gun, the first thing one of them asked was what I thought of equal rights, with the obvious implcation that I must be pro-slavery.

While I strongly believe that the RKBA folks need to avoid pandering, I also think we should be promoting organizations like Second Amendment Sisters and Pink Pistols to raise awareness of the importance of gun rights in the parts of society they try to represent.

I have left or refused to join two range associations in NJ because of the jerks that run them, the Waldwick NJ range, and the Cherry Ridge Range. Cherry Ridge is run by the state association which is a true shame. It is the only range within reasonable driving distance I can get to, to practice with my rifles, so I havn't fired my Bushmaster or my Remington in two years.

The Waldwick range I refused to join due to the asshat I talked to. This was 10 years and 40 pounds or so ago, when I was bike racing. I showed up at the end of a training ride, in team uniform on a team bike, and he immediatly starts in how they only want people that will show up a lot, family type people, and how they don't want any faggots there. I guess seeing someone in lycra with quads bigger than his waist and in better shape than he ever dreamed of, was a threat or something. This is a club that uses the town police range to boot.

I was thinking of making a stink about his behaviour, but I just walked away. I probably should not have.

Tom

I think I would have kicked his ass, if those were his words. What's he gonna do? Shoot me? Not in Jersey he ain't. He'd get extra time for commiting a "hate crime" if he did. That's called makin' the system work for you.