Protesting the RNC! — Page 3

well, that is possibly true. But "homophobia" is often used to imply anti-gay. I try to make the distinction as there is indeed a difference.

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*applauds*

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I'm still waiting for Lady G. to give me one reason to vote for Bush that would override his and the republicans stance on Gay and Lesbian unions.

Marc-

-I agreed with his decision to go to war. Was everything perfect, was the information right? No, not everything was perfect, and the information that was given to Bush from three different intelligence organizations, apparently wrong- but I backed him from the beginning of this, and I hope to see peace in the Middle East, eventually. What was your proposal for Iraq, did you mean to leave Sadaam there in power any longer? Although I felt that Bush should also be paying more attention to the Israel/Palestine and Afghanistan areas, I hope that the situation in Iraq will calm down enough for us to focus on the Middle East, as a whole.

-Besides the gay issue, I will admit it, I am a pretty conservative gal. I don't approve of abortions (although I understand why they cannot be completely banned right now).

-I don't understand political correctness when it comes to race, as the Democratic party seems to thrive on. Affirmative action is something I am very against- people of other races don't need 'help' to get into school or get into a job. A black person has the exact capability to do anything as I do. So does a Hispanic person. So does a white person. Racial lines may exist forever, but I feel that the Democrats are raising the fence- making sure that we don't offend other people by saying 'African American.'

-While making a decision purely based on a religion is very extreme, I don't approve of abolishing it completely in the government. There is no balance. You can't have a government that doesn't believe in religion at all, it's almost impossible. While religion shouldn't play a big part in anything for the government, I want religious freedom. To be able to say that you are religious and not be persecuted about it- especially in politics today.

My hands are tired. ...Really tired. There is really so much more. The economy, believe me, I'll just tape record myself and send a recording.

And while Bush isn't perfect, to me, he is the lesser of the two evils.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:01 AM

Alright honey, y'all try typing that in one minute.

"-While making a decision purely based on a religion is very extreme, I don't approve of abolishing it completely in the government. There is no balance. You can't have a government that doesn't believe in religion at all, it's almost impossible. While religion shouldn't play a big part in anything for the government, I want religious freedom. To be able to say that you are religious and not be persecuted about it- especially in politics today."

WHOOOOOOOAAAAA LG....I think that it's ok for a politician to be religious in their personal life but they CANNOT let it affect the government. I'm HUGE on separation of church and state and I genuinely believe that republicans want religion in government and I think that's ludicrous. That's one thing I cannot budge on. Because if we let religion into government, we just completely abolished the original reason for the formation of this nation.

Double post.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:10 AM

I don't care if the Pope runs for Prez, as long as it doesn't affect the government. I think that there should be absolutely ZERO religion in government. This is not a statement I'm making up, this is one of the main concepts that our nation is based on.

Captain_Obvious- this government doesn't have a religion...well, not now, anyway. I don't mean it to be like that.

But if you ask a politician why he...doesn't approve of abortion, and he says ONLY "Because God meant for that child to be alive" or whatever, I don't buy that. You need more of a reason.

But follow a religion devoutly, and to be faithful to it, that doesn't warrant extreme criticism.

EDIT: And I admire Bush on being so open about his religion...but not when it comes to the extremities, such as only using it for the basis of a law.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:14 AM

Oohp. So, if the politician gave a religious reason, and a scientific/practical reason that made sense, you still wouldn't buy it?

That, I would approve.

P.S. I'm still waiting for Marc to order a mass murderer of "LadyGuen". Either that or at my front doorstep with John Kerry.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:17 AM

I believe that a woman should have the right to either keep her child, or kill it. Even though it's not really a child until it's born, either naturally or induced or whatever.

Now i'm not saying a woman should kill her five year old baby. No...but as long as that baby is in her body, i think she should be able to do whatever she wants to do with it.

Like my mother used to say "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out of it." Nuff said.

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Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:20 AM

But high numbers of 15 year old girls just going into the clinic? (Man, I wish I had the stats here...)

Adult women, I understand more of. But young teenagers? Nope. And if we get more sex education in the schools, it can be pronounced almost inexcusable. But that hasn't happened yet. A friend of mine goes to a school where they SAY that they have health and sex ed classes, and really don't. That's ridiculous.

Marc- About the abortions, I DO wish that gays would adopt. And I have a theory about this which I would like to post, but will probably be crucified for since it's very outrageous.

And the economy, as I said, give me your address and I'll send you 3 recorded casette tapes of me talking about it. I don't believe that the economy is in any extreme danger (in most cases).

And millie, thanks for coming.

Updated On: 8/29/04 at 01:21 AM