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For ANY political party to claim one religion is eventual political suicide for that party. The Prohibitionists, who in the early 1900's were strong enough to get an amendment for their cause did so in the name of "Christianity".
While in a previous post I have fought for GOD to be left in, I also argued that GOD meant ANY religion. I still hold to that.
If the Texas GOP (and trust me I feel this is the National party testing the waters.) want to proclaim themselves as the "Spiritual Party" and encompass all spiritualities and religions then that would be fine. But to deduct it down to one specific religion is wrong.
It may help them win the Bible Belt but it will cost them everywhere else. That does stink of blatant religion in politics. And that is totally wrong.
The government must encompass all religion or none. Since it is impossible to not recognize religious traditions of ALL religions then it is impossible and impractical to not recognize any. (this means recognizing holidays, wearing veils on state ID's, etc.).
Let the Texas GOP show their true colors and the National GOP follow and they will fail. The liberal Christians will even see through this as being a thinly veiled attempt by the Pat Robertson religious right as a power play. And that base will be lost for a long time.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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