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Filtherton... "God is to the bible belt as the race card is to the inner city."
I think this is a very astute observation. There are many that decry the involvment of the religion in, especially with reference to the last Presidential election. I'm not so sure it's all that easy to deny the fact that the bible belt represents a solid voting block with shared concerns and issues. Much in the way that the Black vote and the Women's vote are courted so too is this voting block.
It's what I was touching on above when I mentioned that I see the use of rhetoric such as, "God Bless America" at the end of most speaches these days. While it may be heartfelt, is it all that different from other trappings of solidarity? A high sign of inclusiveness.
What I am getting at is, for those of us who are not Christians, these trappings, while not neccessarily offensive, are in some ways exclusionary. I am not certain this is such a good thing.
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- Old Man Luedecke
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