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Originally Posted by Khartoun2004
[off] Lux, interesting points. I personally don't have a problem with other people's religious beliefs. However, I do have a problem with people trying to push their beliefs on others.
The founding fathers of the United States were for the most part Unitarians and Universalists (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, and James Madison to name a few). The basis of the first amendment right to Freedom of Religion is based on the Unitarian belief in a free and independent search for the truth, for all individuals. It is also the reason why we have a seperation of church and state in this country. Therefore, I am not in least bit surprised that people who remember that this seperation exists, would vote to continue something like stem-cell research whether they agree with it or not on a spiritual level. Religion has no place in government policy, or laws. In the US the Constitution is the bible, not the First Testement.
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Yet you have "in god we trust" written over your money, and your president uses dangerous rhetoric about "god" being on the side of the US troops in Iraq (exactly the reason why stupid fundamentalists are proclaiming American occupation as the continuation of the crusade wars.) I'm not saying America is run by the Bible per se. But it's a fact Bush got reelected largely due to christian conservaties. And his rhetoric is blatantly christian more often than not.
LOL... I see Amber beat me too it.
