Comments on: Cecil Bothwell to Get Award from American Atheists

By: Eupraxsophy

Eupraxsophy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:54:22 +0000

That’s exacly what everyone should be, is to be true to themselves. If anything I commend Mr.Bothwell for having the courage to be himself. In light of all the opposition he is the only person that I know of to have an elected position and have true integrity.
Integrity means being as honest to yourself as you are to others.

Truth is one of my moral values and truth has no weakness and integrity is it’s strength.

Rosa Parks showed with her courageous act just how ugly racism truely is, and Mr.Bothwell too has shown in another way just how ugly prejudism is. This is humility. Humility gives one the wisdom to see both the ugliness and beauty that resides in truth.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:42:02 +0000

“And all I have done is be true to myself,”

All Rosa Parks did was sit in the front of the bus. And yet…

By: Demonhype

Demonhype — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:59:19 +0000

Just like Rosa Parks, in a way, that what she did was both heroic and at the same time nothing more than what anyone would or should do.

I’ve heard it argued that Rosa Parks wasn’t some kind of warrior on the front lines of a social battle when you come down to it–she was just a woman who was tired after a long day at work and wanted to sit down and rest, and saw no reason she should have to give up her rightful seat to someone else just because of the arbitrary and meaningless reason that that person was white. Nor should she have seen any reason for it, nor should any atheist be forced to live a lie in order to hold public office.

It’s the little things that really matter, when you come down to it–the little stands for a person’s basic rights that shouldn’t have to be made but must be made, and are often too hard for people to make. It’s the individual intimidation that tyrants rely on, hoping you’ll be too afraid to lose what little you have to fight back.

By: muggle

muggle — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:50:00 +0000

“And all I have done is be true to myself

Well said, Mr. Bothwell. But that’s both the easiest thing and the hardest thing in the world to be. Well said and well done.

By: Trace

Trace — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:51:44 +0000

“And all I have done is be true to myself,”

Bravo!

By: Freethink

Freethink — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:43:02 +0000

What’s the big deal? He got elected, and deserves the position he was elected for. The law in NC was unconstitutional, and had no place in the civil order, but it’s not like he’s overcome some huge opposition. He’s just someone who stated what they believed.

By: Lyvvie

Lyvvie — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:31:06 +0000

I was just about to point that out, too. *giggle*

Way to go Cecil!

By: Tina St. Sebastian

Tina St. Sebastian — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:12:01 +0000

I don’t recall American Atheists giving out a “Courageous Elected Official of 2008? award… but that’s besides the point.

Actually, it kind of is the point, as

Ed Buckner, president of AA, said the group created the award specifically to honor Bothwell and his “courageous stance.”