[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Protest the passage of Prop 8

[Cabal]

I'm sorry if I get very heated about these things, because, as you point
out, it's a great misconception that the U.S. was set to be a Christian
state, in fact, Washington had a habit of attending every different church
he came upon to experience the differences -- certainly not an act of a man
set on a single religion state. 

Also, I don't appreciate when people speak as if my opinions towards god
make me a second-class-citizen who should not be allowed to criticize his
country. Never mind that I registered to vote when I was still 17 because
the election was only 4 weeks after my birthday and I wanted to be sure I
was registered, or that I started subscribing to all sorts of periodicals
because I felt I should know everything I could before making a choice. Or
that I hold three college degrees -- so I am obviously uneducated and
unqualified to make a decision. I care so much about my country and its
direction that I make sure that I never miss a vote and never accept
anything the candidates say as fact until I check them. I am cynical,
logical, I question anything I want my decision to be as well informed as
possible. 

When someone acts like I abuse the rights I have having an opinion that
doesn't jive with some Christian belief, I tend to want to throw fire at
people.

md

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Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Protest the passage of Prop 8

Magpie:
I think it's the "watchmaker" God--meaning that he made the world and 
then went off and left it to run by itself. He's not involved. I 
think Deists, which some of the founders were, would probably not be 
considered Christian at all by most standards.

And not only was the Pledge not there back then, but "under God" 
wasn't even in the original pledge. It was added in the 50s because 
people felt that distinguished them from Communists.

-m