Ted Olson - Straight, Conservative, Republican, 42nd United States Solicitor General, Attorney and the Right is Mad.

For those who don't know, some gay activists prefer to wait until the majority of public opinion is in favor of gay equality before gays march into the courtroom. At the outset, it makes sense, why throw money at a bad case, then lose the case and then lose the money spent on the case.

Gays know that equal rights is equal rights is equal rights. Pious Christians of course, are proud their God hates those who they hate and feel their hatred should by rights, be made into law.

(Pious: practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere)

Of course, since their God hates gays, pious Christians are not really hating anyone, are they? They are simply following in the foot steps of their (thunder and lighting) God.

And pious Christians who believe their religious beliefs should be made into law, never, ever, acknowledge that a free country allowing the worship of any religion or god without restriction, would have to by rights, make all religious laws from all religions into government law because fair is fair.

However, pious Christians, since they are the only ones with the true God and true religion, would never want non-Christian religious dogmas made into U.S. law. They would be outraged!

Here is what we know. Pious Christians believe that hatred of other Americans based on their religious beliefs is sanctioned by their God. Hatred of America as a melting pot is un-American. Pious Christians don't believe in equal rights. This is un-American. Pious Christians don't believe in the separation of church and state. This is un-American.

We have many people in the United States who don't believe in American ideals, yet they think they are upstanding Americans! It's very gross and I wish they'd leave our country and live somewhere else, don't you?

Then there is the voice of reason. Ted Olson. When it comes to Gay Marriage (actually, it's Marriage Equality) Mr. Olson calls a spade a spade. He hits the nail on the head.

And Mr. Olson knows that it does not matter what public opinion is, when it's concerning protecting the rights of U.S. citizens. Equal rights is equal rights is equal rights. Mr. Olson knows that if someone is not being afforded equal rights by U.S. law, the time to change the law is now and not later.

Mr. Olson has some gay clients who want to have the equal rights to marry each other. So, Mr. Olson and David Boies are taking California to task and demanding the equal rights of it's citizens be recognized.

Mr. Olson also has a nice article in Newsweek concerning this entire affair. The first line of the Newsweek article starts out like this:

"Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's Proposition 8—the voter-approved measure that overturned California's constitutional right to marry a person of the same sex."

The first sentence of the article cuts to the chase and the article never loses momentum. The Newsweek article is found here: Newsweek article.

It's All Good

When people say, "It's all good" my question is, "How do they know it's all good?"

A Quote From Carl Sagan

"How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, "This is better than we thought!" The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?

Instead they say, 'No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths." -Carl Sagan

Why do I call people (of faith or mysticism) on the carpet?

Why do I call people (of faith or mysticism) on the carpet? It's like telling a child they are doing something wrong.

All mythological beliefs of old and new (including but not limited to: all religions, psychics, astrology, superstitions, Post hoc ergo propter hoc [thinking], reincarnation, cults, chain letters, karma, trying to use a cosmic explaination for terrestrial events, astral projection, ESP, telekinesis, witchcraft, clairvoyance, too many to list here) shows people's failure at logical reasoning and critical thinking.

Child, two and two is four. Two and two does not equal what you feel is right.

Sherlock Holmes 2009 Movie Quote

Sherlock Holmes: [To Watson] Never theorize before you have data. Invariably, you end up twisting facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

"Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because (on account) of this", is a logical fallacy (of the questionable cause variety) which states, "Since that event followed this one, that event must have been caused by this one." It is often shortened to simply post hoc and is also sometimes referred to as false cause, coincidental correlation or correlation not causation. It is subtly different from the fallacy cum hoc ergo propter hoc, in which the chronological ordering of a correlation is insignificant.

Post hoc is a particularly tempting error because temporal sequence appears to be integral to causality. The fallacy lies in coming to a conclusion based solely on the order of events, rather than taking into account other factors that might rule out the connection. Most familiarly, many superstitious religious beliefs and magical thinking arise from this fallacy.

The form of the post hoc fallacy can be expressed as follows:

* A occurred, then B occurred.
* Therefore, A caused B.

When B is undesirable, this pattern is often extended in reverse: Avoiding A will prevent B.

A class of examples is sometimes called the "Rooster syndrome", for "giving credit to the rooster crowing for the rising of the sun"."

--All text above from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

"While I was at the zoo, I had a headache. When I saw zebras, my headache went away. Therefore, my headaches go away when I see zebras. Now when I have a headache, I drive to the zoo, go to the zebras and my headaches go away. Isn't this an amazing discovery I have found?"

"I prayed for God to heal me of the flu. The flu is now over. God healed me! Prayer works." Problem. Christians pray to God when they have a self-limiting disease. A self-limiting disease is one which will heal naturally without medical aid. Therefore, Christian's logic, pray to God for flu to heal. I'm healed. God healed me. Hell, prayer really works! Post hoc ergo propter hoc. Now is my Post Hoc hypothesis that Christians love logical fallacies, correct?

If Christians truly believe that God heals their medical diseases, why do Christians bother to schedule surgery? Why not just pray to their all powerful God to heal them? In a car wreck? Hell, don't accept the ambulance service, just pray to God to heal you. You broke your leg, simply pray to God. You are coughing up blood, just pray! Oh, God won't heal you? Is there something wrong with your faith? Excuse. Your God doesn't heal those things? Excuse. God only answers certain prayers? Excuse.

Start with the premise there is a God, then start tap dancing and make hundreds of excuses why God won't heal what only a surgeon can fix. Or start with the premise there is no God and be happy we have science and modern medicine.

Why are people of faith afraid to admit they simply believe in mythology of old? The operative word is fear. Fear of dying without knowing what happens. Christians and other people with mythological faiths wrap up death with a bow and say death is only a transition to a better life. Bullshit.

Death is a horrible thing because our life ends. It is final. No heaven or hell. Death is not the beginning. Death is the end. Atheists enjoy living, the beauty of life and the beauty of the world more than any Christian (or people of faith) can ever do because non-theists know there is only one life to live.