On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:10:17 +0900, Raj Feridun
<rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> brought down from the Mount tablets
inscribed:

>On 22 Aug 2004 11:18:07 -0700, worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.) wrote:
>
>>Raj Feridun <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message news:<088hi0larbghhoir6ktesc4oe53e04l9ud@4ax.com>...
> 
>>> Oh a few here and there ranging from Dubya's persistent blocking of
>>> the advancement of stem cell research for his own religious
>>> considerations to the new post Janet Jackson Super Bowl crackdown on
>>> "indecency" which is 100% being driven by the religious right via
>>> kooks like Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas.
>
>>I agree with the first, not the second. I'm fairly liberal in general,
>>but I think there's a bit too much of a push in both the liberal and
>>conservative directions; 'merika's become really polarized it seems.
>>When it comes to kids and family I firmly believe conservative is
>>best, mainly because my parents were relatively conservative and I
>>think they did a fine job raising me, so I'll follow in their
>>footsteps. 
>
>I believe whatever's best for YOUR own family is the way you should
>raise your kids. Radios and TVs have dials and on/off switches. The
>way to "clean up" the media is not to force an entire nation to adopt
>one group's ideals.

And these FCC regulations which you find objectionable were instituted
by the Bush administration?
>
>>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.
>
>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?!

You and I are no one at all to tell them such. The electorate, through
their representatives, are a different matter altogether.
>
>>> 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."
>
>>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.
>
>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.

In polls, where do people rank stem cell research on their list of
factors in deciding who to vote for?





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