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Old 04-04-2005, 07:30 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NCB
I swear that when I read the posts in the political forum, that I must be living in a parallel universe.
Tell me about it! And I'm liberal!! I wouldn't let it bother you. Sometimes people see things a lot differently than you even think is possible. Try to see it as a glass half full situation.
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Where has the boogeyman (AKA the Christian Right) imposed it's will on people? Gay marriage amendments?? Voters approved thos measure by overwhelming margins in all states. Are they part of this great boogeyman monopoly that some of you believe we're living under?
If a state voted overwhelmingly to deport all Islamic Arabs from the US, would you be behind that? What about requiring prayer to God (Christian God) before all meals? The boogyman was the one who put the measures forward in the first place. They should have never been considered.
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Where else does this great boogeyman lie? In our schools? Hardly; little girls nowadays get either a stern warning from the principal if she would happen to even utter out loud a prayer before lunch or get sent home with a note from the principal about the child's inappropraite behavior.
Agreed. People should be allowed to pray at school when it is appropriate. I'm not sure why people are up in arms about that. If I'm in 3rd grade and I close my eyes and fold my hands in prayer before diving into my $0.90 piece of meat, it doesn't hurt anyone. Just like it doesn't hurt to wear turbans or yamakas.
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No offense, but the Left in this country who believe they're being squeezed by the CR really need to seek some sort of paranoia counseling, because there is absolutley no evidence that this country is becoming the Christian theocracy that they believe it is transpiring.
If your homosexual and want a civil union, you're being squeezed. No paranoia about it. That one example should be enough, but it won't. How do you feel about the envornment? I hope you don't care for it. U.S. legislators backed by the Christian right are united and unswerving in their opposition to environmental protection. Why would that be? Why does the phantom CR not worry about the environment? Many Christian fundamentalists feel that concern for the future of our planet is irrelevant, because it has no future. They believe we are living in the End Time, when the son of God will return, the righteous will enter heaven, and sinners will be condemned to eternal hellfire. They may also believe, along with millions of other Christian fundamentalists, that environmental destruction is not only to be disregarded but actually welcomed -- even hastened -- as a sign of the coming Apocalypse. That is harmful legislation based on Christian fundamentalist beliefs.

There is a really good article about the CR and the environment at the Grist magazine website. Grist is an environmetal magazine.
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