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Originally Posted by guy44
Hmm. Who was it who filibustered to protect racial bias again? Let me think, let me think...ah! Yes! That's right! Good old, thankfully deceased Strom Thurmond, Republican senator as recently as two years ago.
Kind of says it all, doesn't it?
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As opposed to the shining beacon of race relations CURRENT W. Va. Senator Robert Byrd (D.)? He filibustered the 1964 civil rights bill for 14 hours, although I will admit that Thurmond outdid him. This seems like a case of the pots calling the kettles black (or in Byrd's case, calling the kettles niggers).
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Originally Posted by JustJess
anti-faith, anti-christian... i wish they'd just put a sock in it. is it so hard for them to realize that they are NOT the only 'group' in America? what happened to the Jews, the Muslims, the other denominations? did they just fall off the face of the earth? why aren't THEY bitching about prayer in schools and all that shite?? i don't understand why the most vocal and influential nutjobs in this country are christian. what is it about being conservative AND christian AND wanting the whole world to do it your way?? and what about the christians who AREN'T in favor of damning everyone else to hell? where are they, and why aren't they speaking out????
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They aren't the only group in America, but they are the only group it is seen as being acceptable to slander and ridicule. There seems to be growing anti-Christian sentiment growing in America, and many Christians are mobilizing to counter that.
And the reason you don't understand why the most "vocal and influential nutjobs in this country are christian" is because it's untrue. Your anti-Christian bias shines through.
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Originally Posted by jbw97361
In my opinion, the Democratic party wants no religion in government at all, they want a clinically clean system that's about as boring as star trek middle management. The Republican party (at least a good portion) wants everyone to be able to express their religion as they see fit, and not to hide in during their political life.
But the idea that the filibustering is anti christian is just silly. The Filibustering seems more whiny than anything.
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I agree with this for the most part. Republicans feel that people should also have choice of religion, and not have to abandon morality when working in politics. But also, the idea that being for or against filibustering has anything to do with religion is fairly silly. I think this is another misstep by Repub leadership (after the Schiavo debacle) and hopefully they get their act together. They don't need to attach religion to every issue, they can actually fight many on more secular grounds. It only lessens their impact when fighting an issue that does seek to attack Christianity and religion when they go to that well over everything.