# Report Says America Worse Off Because Of Strong Religious Beliefs

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 27, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-says-america-worse-off-because-of-strong-religious-beliefs/323715 "2005-09-27T18:14:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-says-america-worse-off-because-of-strong-religious-beliefs/323715/101 "2005-10-02T23:46:27Z")

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> [@cosmosdan](#):
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> Funny, and a dam good idea,\*\* if\*\*you’re going to have a state church at all.

Speaking of which, behold [the Unitarian Jihad !](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL)

Get your [Jihad Name !](http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html)

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**Author:** ![cosmosdan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a6a055/32.png) [@cosmosdan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cosmosdan)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-says-america-worse-off-because-of-strong-religious-beliefs/323715/102 "2005-10-03T00:09:21Z")

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> [@Der Trihs](#):
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> Speaking of which, behold [the Unitarian Jihad !](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/08/DDG27BCFLG1.DTL)
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> Get your [Jihad Name !](http://homepage.mac.com/whump/ujname.html)

That is a riot. 😃

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**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2005, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-says-america-worse-off-because-of-strong-religious-beliefs/323715/103 "2005-10-03T01:05:41Z")

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It appears I am “Brother ICBM of Forgiving Togetherness”…  
Kewl!

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**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/report-says-america-worse-off-because-of-strong-religious-beliefs/323715/104 "2005-10-05T22:36:42Z")

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> [@Mach Tuck](#):
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> The U.S. didn’t guarantee civil rights until 1964, and is now engaged in attempting to, IMHO, take them away from gay couples who wish to marry.  
> .

Regrettable, and something I think should be changed, but not much different from the situation in other prosperous countries, except only Canada and Holland, I think.

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