Raj Feridun wrote:
> On 22 Aug 2004 11:18:07 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote:
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>>Raj Feridun <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message news:<088hi0larbghhoir6ktesc4oe53e04l9ud@4ax.com>...


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>>I think the biggest 'church and state' issue is the push to
>>make gay marriage illegal. For religious reasons I think it's immoral
>>and wrong; but I can't think of a single reason that it should be
>>illegal.
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> I don't think gay marriage is wrong for any reason. If two men love
> each other and want to get married so be it. Who am "I" or anyone else
> to tell them that it's wrong? Illegal?!
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> 
That's my thinking.

>>>It's the religious kook in the Oval Office currently that really
>>>scares me the most however.  The one who is constantly talking about
>>>getting his Presidential guidance from God and who issued prayer cards
>>>to the Marines that they could fill out and mail in to the White House
>>>and read: "Pray that the President and his advisers will be strong and
>>>courageous to do what is right regardless of critics."
>>
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>>I don't mind a religiously moral president. What bothers me is that GW
>>doesn't go far beyond 'right' and 'wrong'; he doesn't allow for much
>>of a gray area.
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> I'm very happy to see that at least on stem cell research you're
> willing to look beyond your religious beliefs. The fact that our
> current President is not is one of the main reasons he's packing up in
> 2004 and heading back to Texas.
> 
Yep, at least I hope so. Again, you've got to allow for a certain amount 
of gray area in thinking, particularly when leading a nation as diverse 
as the US in a world that is vastly more complex.

John W.