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.

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.

Raj