Another reason why religion should be kept to consenting adults in the privacy of their own homes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7696505.stm
I have nothing personally against people who have religious beliefs. I have friends who believe in the most extraordinary nonsense and that doesn't bother me. I don't feel the need to disinfect myself after visiting their homes. But they do at least keep their faith to themselves and don't presume to use it to prescribe and proscribe the actions of others.
God, I hate God. Even Tony Blair - enthusiastic believer - had the good sense to recognise that politicians 'don't do God' (or, at least Ali Campbell had the good sense for him). It's a pity that preachers don't recognise that God doesn't do politics.
