=> -----Original Message----- => From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] => [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Sanders => Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 13:15 => To: [email protected] => Subject: Re: [OT] I got this garbage in the mail today => => The thing that really bothers me (and I was hoping someone => else would put a stop to it) is that the Religous Right have => organzined into a money-paying organization, taking the => time-tested model of Paid Lobbyists combined with dropping => millions of dollars into campaign funds to get the 'proper' => attention. => => Moving during the past 8 years, the Religious Right have => funded so many Republicans in the House and Senate, along => with general RNC/P funding, and they took it in, hook, line, => and sinker - to make up that wonderful 'NeoCon' label. => => If you guys want to talk about the seperation of Church and => State in the USA, stop the political fundraising going on => within the Evangelical Christian Movement. Anything else => seems stupid. Politicians pay attention to those who pay => them campaign funds, and they have been paying attention for => these last 8 years. => => Our country was founded on the concept of seperation of => Church and State, and when the Church can buy power , => somethings totally busted. I keep the concept that Religion => and Politics are personal, not to be shared with others as => opinions, etc etc, but the progression of events over the => last 8 years makes me quite disgusted .. => => regards [Bill] => --
Bill, sorry for editing your comments but I just want to focus on the church-state thingie. What these religious groups are doing is no more unconstitutional than what General Electric (proud maker of the MK-10 Nuclear Warhead) does. You even said that in your post about adopting the methods of other groups. The real problem is campaign financing and conduct. Virtually any group or individual can "buy" power through coordinated donations to politicians. Indeed lately we have seen some wealthy politicians who have literally purchased their elected offices by overwhelming their opponents' treasuries. I agree with you that religiously-affiliated groups have too much influence on our legislators but we do not have an Official National Religion which is what the Constitution intends to prevent. HALinNY _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
