Can I release the hounds on the church ladies?

You know, having the proselytizers ring my doorbell on Saturday morning was already damned annoying. “No thank you”, “I’m not interested”, “I’m an atheist”, “I’m gay”, “My roommate works third shift and you keep waking her up”, and “Please stop coming to my door” have all failed to work. I was raised in the south, and it makes me very uncomfortable to be rude. But I sometimes have to practically shut the door in their faces to get them to go away.

But when the right is screaming about an attack on religion, is passing legislation to make discrimination legal, and is referring to those fighting for equal rights as “homofacists”, I find myself fantasizing about violence every time the doorbell rings at 9:00 am.

I am perfectly happy for you (the general “you”) to practice whatever religion that you would like. Why can’t I be left in peace to not practice? And how can I get these people to stop ringing my doorbell?

Rant over.