Separation of Church & State and How It Relates to AL

[BamaLefty]

As a American citizen, I don't want a person's faith to be legislated upon me. I don't want Senator Kerry do "vote Catholic." Don't want Senator Edwards to "vote Methodist." I am a very strong supporter of the separation of church and state and I believe a man's faith should have no role in the way he serves his electorate.

As any person knows, President Bush and VP Cheney's past doesn't live up to todays mask they sport daily to the American people. Numerous DUI's and draft deferments are etched into their record. Their entire Bush family follows this pattern as well. When I say that I am asking you to look at their relatives and their daughters. I simply don't buy into the smoke and mirrors of these two men. I think John Kerry nailed it on the head during his speech at the DNC. He quoted Abraham Lincoln in saying, "I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side. Not that God is on our side."

The religous right are foot soldiers of the Republican Party. In fact, I consider it to be bigger and more powerful than the labor movement. But in the real world, the Republican party neither the Democratic party cares about John Q. Public's religous beliefs. Think about the real issues for a change, the ones that effect the downtrodden people of this nation, and not some issue like abortion that affects only the people that are put in that position. The GOP illustrated my point this past June in their primary. We all know Roy Moore, the "Ten Commandments Judge." Moore endorsed three candidates to run for judicial positions this past summer. Those three people were Pam Baschab, Jerry Stokes, and Tom Parker. Only one of those three were elected, Tom Parker. Now, the Republican party is turning against Parker and his platform. My local GOP county chair is for Robert H. Smith, Parker's opponent. And my neighbor whose uncle was appointed to a federal judgeship by the first President Bush is writing letters for Smith. The bottom line is that the Republican party doesn't want this to "drag" on them. They want to be looked upon as the religous, down home party, but they do not want candidates to run on the sole basis of being more religous than the other guy. Just watch, Parker will lose by 10% in heavily Republican Alabama because so many people from his own party will dissent from him and his views.

The GOP doesn't care about your faith, but they are more than glad to exploit it to recieve your vote. If Bush was running for some office in... I don't know say, a middle Eastern country, do you think he would be running around with his hands clasped together then? No, it wouldn't be the popular thing to do and he would likely lose just because of that. Just think about it. It is so clear.

[lforbus]

1. Well Said!!! n/t