Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: > At some point the American people are going to need to come to terms > with the role the religious right played in taking the country to war > with Iraq. The most basic question is to what extent religious moral > values play a role in the political arena. Should the long established > precedent of separation of church and state continue, or should the > country move more towards a Theocratic form of government. > > The move towards a more Theocratic form of government has been very > divisive, because there are so many religious beliefs in America, even > within various branches of Christianity. In the 2000 and 2004 elections > states were classified mostly along the lines of whether the state was > strongly made up of members affiliated with the Religious Right > movement, or made up of more open minded citizen who keep their > religious faith in God a personal matter. The former were classified > as Red States and the latter were classified as Blue States. > I'll comment and say that's total BS. Where'd you draw that parallel? There's no connection of the dots on that thought, imo.
> The U.S. cannot survive as a divided country. We will eventually go one > way or the other, but not before a great deal of grief and anguish > judging from what has occurred in Iraq. We should not deny the role > that religion has played in politics ever since the Reagan > Administration. We need to accept that Religion in America is seeking > political power, so the question about whether we are to remain a > Democracy as conceived by the founding fathers who embodied their system > of government within the U.S. Constitution will long prevail. I believe > the creators of our great form of government intended that government > should be separate for church to allow each man the freedom to worship a > good of their own understanding, while still respecting the beliefs of > others. With a doctrine of separation between church and state the > country can return to its roots as a much stronger nation unified by a > people who's common denominator is Americans. > I'll agree with your last statement. I'm strong about faith, yet I don't see a place for it in political circles. That said, we should pray for those who make poor (in your own opinion) choices on things like abortion, gay rights, etc. However, I think the ACLU bullshit about taking Christmas out of the public venue because of Christ is just crazy. We've always had Christmas and it doesn't need to be put in a closet. I still want to live in Bedford Falls---not Pottersville. (Remember the "It's A Wonderful Life" story.) I think the U.S. has tried to be too many things to too many people, and be "overly friendly and engaging" on some social issues. For example, illegal immigration is BS yet you've got idiot politicians who want to give them driver licenses (--former California governor Gray Davis comes to mind). Hello?!?!? They're ILLEGAL!!!!! WTF!?!?! And our policies on trying to teach other languages than English. It's America...learn English for crying out loud! And this selling out the American worker WITHOUT ANY RECOURSE/RETRAINING is total BS. Ok, if you can't protect our jobs, at least tax/tariff the bastards somewhat who selling us out and put that money towards the retraining of the displaced American worker. Imo--and I hate politics btw so I'm no wiz on this stuff--there needs to be a TON of (more) investment put into this company's infrastructure. That 87 BILLION dollar GRANT we gave Iraq was total BS. That 87 BILLION could have really done a number of good or GREAT things here in the U.S. Talk about getting overlooked. We're so pious about helping everyone OUTSIDE of our nation yet we seem to neglect the very citizen who live here. Unfreakin' believable. And although I'm not for religion in politics, is there any way to return family values to the landscape? The morality and values of this country are going down the toilet, imo. Ugh....back to work. _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.
