Scoobes said:
I was thinking more on the discrimination side. Funny you should bring up diabetes: In the TV show I was watching a small group of atheists in the bible belt wanted to protest against a preacher who would tell people with diabetes to forget modern medicine, stop taking their drugs, pray to god instead etc. They basically wanted to hand out medical leaflets outlining why this was a bad idea but were fearful that people would take exception to this and attack them. In the show they said they went to the police and asked for legal protection, instead the police informed them that they were also going to rally/event and they would arrest them if they saw them there. I mean, wtf? As for your last paragraph, that doesn't make it right and it's sad that a group who by all rights shouldn't have to form social groups are now doing so just to be heard in the public forums. |
IF that was the case.... there were likely laws against what they are planning to do. Many times protesters tend to want to do something illegal and spin it their way. This is the country where the NAACP has protected the KKK's right to protest. Clearly something was just up in that case.
You need a strong core backing to be put up for election because you need votes. Pretty much EVERY politician needs a strong core backing to support them. Guranteed votes.
Say you've got an atheist Libretarian. You've got a core libretarian backing... you've also got a baptist libretarian... he has the Libretarian backing AND the Baptist vote locked down. It'd be dumb not to go with the Baptist person.
It's not wrong for people to want to vote for people most like themselves. There isn't nearly enough time for everbody to learn about every candidate.
Additionally it's easy to find bunches of candidates with the EXACT same positions, and with that being the case. Your going to trust the one most like you... why? You trust yourself.