seems to have more to do with religion than politics nm

• Who gives more to charity? Liberals or conservatives? sm - ms
  • in the first web site you listed it states . . - interesting
    • I remember reading that Mississippi is a very giving - state, the poorest, and a red state. nm
      • yeah, those awful, rich, ungiving Republicans - -always been fiction. nm
        • seems to have more to do with religion than politics nm - Read the articles
          • The fact remains....sm - ms
            • Trying to figure this out. Religious dems....sm - oldtimer
              • We both must have read something different....sm - ms
                • Doesn't say anything about . . . - mt
                  • Yes it does. nm - ms
                    • Just ignore them, ms, obviously they refuse to read the whole thing....nm - not sam
                      • no we don't - nm
                    • No it doesn't - nm

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You don't want EQUALITY in religion.  You want yours to be SUPERIOR to all others.  You want to force your narrow and specific religious beliefs down the throats of every single American.  You can't get them into your religion willingly so you'll FORCE them to fall in step with you via government if you have to.

You couldn't stop abortion by killing abortion doctors, so now you'll do it through the Supreme Court.  And your God on earth just happens to be a president who wants the same things that you do, and so he's willing to throw the Constitution out the window (in violation of his Presidential oath) in order to replace it, not just with the Christian Bible, but with his own personal clone who will legislate her own narrow evangelical Christian views that don't even agree with the less radical, quieter forms of the Christian religion.

Government, schools and universities don't fall into the same categories.

There already ARE religous schools and universities.  Isn't THAT enough for you?

And what about all those many, MANY buildings with crosses and other religious symbols on them throughout this nation where people of like-minded beliefs congregate to worship the God of their CHOICE?  I believe they're called CHURCHES.  Isn't THAT enough for you, either?

Nope.  You're not going to be happy until you can be *superior.*

The sad fact is that in a country with freedom of religion, you never WILL BE, whether you like it or not. You can put 9 THOUSAND justices on the Supreme Court, you still won't be SUPERIOR, and I believe God, who is all knowing, knows that as well!

Religion - ?riduculous?

I will tell you what is more riduculous - those who truly believe that there IS NO GOD (wonder how in the he## you got here in the first place)...scary..

it doesn't apply to the Constitution.

Are you suggesting that your religion should be the one that rules and that everyone else's spiritual/religious beliefs shouldn't count?

For example, I know some people who don't look at abortion as severely as you do because they believe that life doesn't end, that we merely pass on from one life to another, and that there really isn't any such thing as spiritual death, and that your body is just the "box" you come in but spirit lives on forever and continues to live in different "entities."

I know some people who don't believe in religion at all.

I know some religious people who believe that God gave us free will and technology to help us survive as best we can.

Not everyone is FORCED to believe the exact same religious beliefs that you do.  But the one document we all have in common and to which are are all bound is the Constitution.

I respect you enough as a person to respect and defend your personal religious beliefs. 

Please return the favor.

I would bet that there are millions of Muslims throughout the world who are exceptionally good, hardworking people.  It seems to me that each religion has people who will try to twist it around as an excuse to do just about anything.  Look at those Baptists down south who protest gays at dead soldiers funerals because they say God is killing all these soldiers because American is getting too accepting of gay people.  These Baptists are obviously horrible people, but does that mean all Baptists distort their religion to spew hate and prey on grieving families?  Of course not.

I could care less what religion Obama is or was at one time.  I think he is an excellent candidate.  He is one of the few people who could turn this country (and maybe even this world) around.  We need someone strong enough and smart enough to lead this country and help to unite us again, and I think he's the man for the job.  I also agree with what someone else said in regard to his knowledge of the Muslim religion/culture being a good thing, especially considering our current dire situation.

also includes freedom FROM religion.  It's funny to me that, as you said, people came to this country for freedom of religion (among other things).  Now that they're here christians try to impose the very problems associated with those in Britian on the people of this nation.  Christians are constantly trying to force their will upon others through politics.  Please explain to me how that demonstrates freedom of religion.  Doesn't that just put us back where we were?

Freedom of religion is a live and let live proposition....not a winner takes all competition.