On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 23:16:05 +0900, Raj Feridun
<rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>On Thu, 04 Nov 2004 22:47:12 +0900, Michael Cash
><mikecash@buggerallspammers.com> wrote:
>
>>>They WERE mobilized as never before but it just turned out to be the
>>>Jesus freaks and not the young voters.
>
>>Look, I'm a devout Atheist, and even I can't understand the major
>>problem so many on the left seem to have with Christians going to the
>>polls and voting in accordance with their personal convictions.
>
>>Especially I can't understand the elitist, dismissive, insulting tones
>>in which they so often do it.
>
>>Even more especially I can't understand how they claim to be more
>>tolerant and inclusive than conservatives if *that* is the attitude
>>they take toward a subgroup of the population.
>
>>Even even more more I can't believe it when they say they are for
>>religious freedom.
>
>Allow me to explain then, sir. The Christians for whom my rancor is
>reserved are the proselytizers that seek to make America a fine nation
>of upstanding moral Christian values. They want to "clean up the
>airwaves" and bring prayer back to schools. They have their hooks in
>this "born again" President who's on the God hotline and are actively
>pushing towards their goals. Also chief among their goals of course is
>the end of legal abortions and stem cell research.

I see.

And wanting them to stop doing this doesn't somehow conflict with the
First Amendment?
>
>Yes, I am for religious freedom, the key word being FREEDOM. Freedom
>as in everyone being free to believe what they like and pray to whom
>they like and not even a scintilla of a HINT of a merger of religion
>and state.

But voting in accordance with one's beliefs and exercising the duties
of a public office in accordance with one's belief is not the same as
merging religion and state.





--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College