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Comment on Mitt Romney’s Tax Returns by Miranda

Miranda — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:14:13 +0000

Bravo my friend. I couldn’t have said it better myself. It’s to bad that emotions always rule over common sense and critical thinking.

Comment on Why McCain Should Not Pick Romney as VP by kem

kem — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:58:49 +0000

“And lives his religion”. That is the problem there are all kinds of religions but having someone as president that “lives his religion” there is a greater chance of him implementing his religion onto others. “example” making alcohol or smoking or even abortion completely illegal only because his religion does not allow it. and there are many more laws that could be effected and it would be against peoples rights. I would not want a Christian that live his religion as president either. hard core religious people, ones that lives for there religion and running the country don’t mix.
look at this way, how would you like it if a HARD CORE orthodox Jew or Muslim or Christian was president?
Mitt Romney is going to think of his religion before he will the PEOPLE Mormons has proven that. I know my husband was a Mormon and I met a lot of Mormons and there is no such thing as a non-hard core Mormon at least not one that is still a Mormon.

Comment on Thomas Jefferson on Religious Liberties by Lonnie

Lonnie — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:22:30 +0000

I found your post very interesting and poignant. Thank you! Although I do disagree with one of your conclusions.

“He also stated that religious beliefs should not be given greater weight in political matters than mathematics or science (this means that religious beliefs should also not be given less weight either).”

He did not state this. He said “that our civil rights have no dependence on our religious opinions any more than our opinions in physics or geometry”

Very clearly he defined “our civil rights”, not all political matters as you alluded to. As you already agreed our government is secular, but the people are not. Political matters should be secular, and staying completely out of religious topics in order to protect the freedom for all people to practice religion in any way they want.

@Euripides, If Marriage is a religious institution that must be respected, it never should have entangled itself in our government system in the first place. It’s existence in laws is clearly going against this ideology as described in this post. Otherwise those people who do not hold the same religious beliefs as you do are being discriminated against by the government, and prevented from practicing their religion as they see fit.
There are two solutions:
1. Ban any marriage restrictions or requirements from all laws in the country.
2. Accept that marriage is a social institution and legal status, and not only a religious institution. Hence opening it up to people of all religious beliefs.

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Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:25:47 +0000

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Comment on Thomas Jefferson on Religious Liberties by Jonathan

Jonathan — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:44:53 +0000

Excellent find and very well said. Thank you for bringing this one to my attention!

Comment on The Shooting of Rep. Giffords by Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:45:27 +0000

Amen! Since when did we forget about personal responsibility. It is a shame to see so much finger pointing. The situation is just being used to the personal agendas of everyone else. Just sad.

Comment on Respecting the President by Seda

Seda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:00:12 +0000

Interesting and thought-provoking post. I frequently called Pres. Bush II “Dubya” when he was in office, but refrained from the more derogatory terms. Though I strongly oppose almost every policy decision he made, I didn’t think of it as disrespectful (nor particularly respectful). I also understood it to be something Republicans started (though I could be wrong about that), a folksy way conservatives connected with their leader, so it didn’t seem in bad taste.

I’ve also referred to Pres. Obama simply by his first or last name.

I’m not sure whether I agree or not. While civility and respect are values I appreciate, would honoring Pres. Bush with that title while he was office give the impression that he held the office legally and was actually entitled to it? The dude usurped that office with voter fraud – twice. He was and is a criminal – a felon (though as yet unconvicted) on multiple counts. But, the position he held was as the leader and representative of the American people.

Food for thought…

Comment on The State and Future of U.S. Health Care by lflanagan

lflanagan — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:08:11 +0000

Thank you for your well thought out post. It all makes perfect sense to me, especially the way you have stated it. Thank you.

Comment on Respecting the President by Jared

Jared — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:34:25 +0000

But not all rancors are useless. The one in Return of the Jedi was pretty effective until Luke killed it.

Comment on Respecting the President by Quantumleap42

Quantumleap42 — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:32:50 +0000

I think that continually resorting to baseless ad hominem attacks on someone such as the president is very destructive for everyone involved. It serves no purpose and only creates animosity in both sides, in both those who support the president and those who do not. Unfortunately the vast majority of the debate surrounding both President Bush and President Obama have degenerated into this type of useless rancor.