What gets a free pass on influencing people?

I was reading an article on Shaun's blog which was arresting because of its title:

Shaun's analysis

But nevertheless, it's time for us to take stock of what exactly is happening in the name of religion and to cast it alongside any other worldview and stop ascribing something automatically positive to it. That should be at the very minimum be a start.

which referenced the Amazon link below and led me onto the "xvq" article. I think both speak for themselves equally well.

Help! Mom! There Are Liberals Under My Bed!
xvq -- poofters fight back (full article)

Is it equally valid in the following cases?
So what's with all the dinosaurs?
Re: That "all or nothing" attitude
The life of a 'sisterwife' (polygamy)
TechBlog: E-mail as intelligence test

I believe it is, though I would modify Shaun's statement slightly to say that we should continue to ascribe something automatically positive to morals that everyone follows and that nearly all religions have as their fundamental principles, such as "be good", "do not steal", "help your neighbour" and so on. The wider context and materials/beliefs/principles of religion (e.g. such-and-such happened, or so-and-so will not go to heaven) should be left for people to evaluate for themselves using whatever frameworks they have (which also raises the question of what happens when someone doesn't have a framework - especially a relevant one - at hand).

There was more I wanted to say, but I kind of forgot what it was. :P (Blame that on keeping this entry for too long)

It's finally done!

I finished my Karaoke Competition VI entry and submitted it yesterday. Phew! What a relief! :P

I thought I would share the lyrics as well as a (bad) translation of them:

( Lyrics (translation follows) )