Hitchens:

>> My question to Christopher is: How can you justify -- why take something away from people that gives meaning to 95% of the American people and replace it with something that gives meaning to just 5% of the American people? >> Ha ! What an incredible stupid question! (Laughter & Applause) First, I said repeatedly that this stuff cannot be taken away from people. It is their favorite toy and it will remain so as Freud said in "The Future of the Illusion" -- will remain that way as long as we are afraid of death, which I think likely to be quite a long time. Second, I hope I've made it clear that I'm perfectly happy with people to have these toys and to play with them at home and hug them to themselves and share them with other people who come around to play with the toys. So that's absolutely fine. They are not to make me play with these toys. I will not play with the toys. Don't bring the toys to my house, don't say my children must play with these toys, Don't say my toys -- might be a condom, here we go again -- are not allowed by their toys. I'm not gonna have any of that. Enough with clerical and religious bullying and intimidation! Is that finally clear? Have I got that across? Thank you. (Applause)