On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 11:18:56 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
No, just that some people won't be satisfied no matter what happens.
Should we be satisfied with the leadership provided by this President?
"Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and
two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD.
Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be
eliminated from schools too?"
-- Red Skelton
On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no
position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs.
There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus
Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But
like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be
used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our
land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to
force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If
you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they
complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm
frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country
telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must
believe in A, B, C, and D. Just who do they think they are? And from
where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to
me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats
of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to
control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them
today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate
their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of conservatism.'
~Barry Goldwater--
Doug
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