Elton John

Intolerance


London, England(AP) -- Organized religion fuels anti-gay discrimination and other forms of bias, pop star Elton John said in an interview published Saturday.
"I think religion has always tried to turn hatred toward gay people," John said in the Observer newspaper's Music Monthly Magazine. "Religion promotes the hatred and spite against gays."
"But there are so many people I know who are gay and love their religion," he said. "From my point of view, I would ban religion completely. Organized religion doesn't seem to work. It turns people into really hateful lemmings and it's not really compassionate."
John also criticized religious leaders for failing to do anything about conflicts around the world.
"Why aren't they having a conclave? Why aren't they coming together?"
John said those in his own field have been similarly lax.
"It's like the peace movement in the '60s. Musicians got through to people by getting out there and doing peace concerts, but we don't seem to do them any more," he said. "If John Lennon were alive today, he'd be leading it with a vengeance."

 - CNN Monday November 13, 2006
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I would ban religion completely. I will force my views of God upon you, and I will do it through your government using your tax revenues.
Organized religion doesn't seem to work. Seems to me you love to hang out in counties that have "organized religion" - you know the wealthy ones that have money for "the arts" - the stuff that people can exist without!
Please move to a country that has never had an "organized religion".