Originally posted by caltour: Church members should express their political views through voting (and individual financial contributions), just like the rest of us. They shouldn't form umbrella organizations like the NAE for the purpose of gathering money to influence politics. They should not support initiatives to make their interpretation of christianity the law of the land. They shouldn't lobby for public funding for christian schools, they shouldn't try to get religious displays installed on public property, and they shouldn't try to make kids pray in public schools. They shouldn't seek to blur the line between church and state.
You're saying certain Americans should not be able to assemble because thier beliefs are different than yours? There are thousands of organized groups petitioning the government right now for policy changes that I find incredibly disturbing; but last I checked this is a democracy and it is their *RIGHT* to do such!
I am COMPLETELY aghast at a supposed intellectual, free-thinker like yourself saying that certain groups of law-abiding Americans should be FORBIDDEN from the political process.
Shocked. I am simply shocked that this kind of thinking actually exists in America today.
-- 1999 SVT #220 --
In retrospect, it was all downhill from here. RIP, CEG.
