seems to me that the biggest discussion here is over too much religion in government.
let me just post some of my feelings about this (quoted from my posts in another forum)
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i think one of the bigger problems with this election was the overwhelming of other issues by those related to religion (i.e. gay-marriage) Whatever happened to separation of church and state? why would anyone want to ban gay marriages other than for religious reasons? most importantly, why are religious issues being dealt with at all? much more time should be spent on fixing the mess we made in iraq.
separation of church and state. if a candidate for president holds his religion in such high regard that he can't follow the concept of separation of church and state, he shouldn't be the president. not to say that religious people are wrong for being religious. they're wrong if they try to force everyone to agree with their religious perspective, which is exactly what is happening with g.w.
what he's doing is forcing his religious morals on others. he's so stuck on his religious perspective of gays being evil and whatnot to realize that our society is moving a progressive way, and that his adamance that gays should not be allowed to marry is just serving to hinder that progressive trend. there are so many parallels to this marriage situation. remember, blacks and whites weren't allowed to marry at one point, but, being the progressive society that we are, we realized that this was not something that we should waste our time on. in fact, the gay-marriage situation is closer to enforcing prejudice than upholding "family morals." bush is beginning to resemble the islamic leaders that he is so against. he's starting to run the country as if it is a religious state.
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