Rex Murphy: Testing America’s tolerance

[wombat2u2004]

Go lay down, and keep sucking up to Michael Moore, see how far that gets you.

Hee hee.....I don't need to do that.......all I need to do is focus on reality.
Heartland America is fast asleep.......apathetic America is wide awake.

[blue]

Hee hee.....I don't need to do that.......all I need to do is focus on reality.
Heartland America is fast asleep.......apathetic America is wide awake.

The opposite is true, Apathetic America is very much asleep which is why they keep voting the same DBags back into office year after year. Heartland America is out voted by the easily bought sleeping voters.

[wombat2u2004]

The opposite is true, Apathetic America is very much asleep which is why they keep voting the same DBags back into office year after year. Heartland America is out voted by the easily bought sleeping voters.

We maybe everyone needs to wake up.

[Bonny]

Actually the Hearland should leave the Union & start their own democratic government. BHO is selling us out.

[Karen]

We, the American people, elected BHO. If you do not like politicians in office, don't vote for the incumbents.

One of the founding principles of our country is separation of church and state, and every American is free to pursue the religion of his or her choice.

If you don;t like that, you can move elsewhere, in my humble opinion.

[Bonny]

Not everyone voted for BHO & a lot of people that did aren't happy with the results.Yes, the Muslims can move back to their own country where they don't have to worship among us Infidels. This country was settled by Christian people with a whole different set of beliefs & values then the Muslims. This is my country & I don't plan on leaving it anytime soon. Forget being humble because that is what is wrong with this counrtry.

[Karen]

Not everyone voted for BHO & a lot of people that did aren't happy with the results.Yes, the Muslims can move back to their own country where they don't have to worship among us Infidels. This country was settled by Christian people with a whole different set of beliefs & values then the Muslims. This is my country & I don't plan on leaving it anytime soon. Forget being humble because that is what is wrong with this counrtry.

They don't need to move - they are as welcome here as any other religious group. What do you have against our beloved Popcornbird, for example?

And if you want to get picky about it, there were people here before white settlers arrived who were not Christians, and it's their country, too. You'd likely have little in common with the Pilgrims, if you looked at what they believed, do you celebrate Christmas? Easter? They didn't.

Not everyone voted for BHO, and sure people are allowed to complain about any politician, but this is a participatory democracy. As Americans, we understand - or should, anyway - that sometimes our party doesn't win, but rather than just complaining, if we don't like the results, we still have to live with it, and work for change in the next election. That's how it works.

[Puckstop31]

We, the American people, elected BHO.

And hopefully the lesson has been learned.

One of the founding principles of our country is separation of church and state,

It is? I always find how people take this...

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"

And turn it into "Government cannot be religious." All because of a private letter from Jefferson to an Anabaptist minister.

Show me where "separation of church and state" is in the Constitution.

But...

and every American is free to pursue the religion of his or her choice.

100% agreed. But NOT because of the idea of "separation of church and state." Because the 1st Amendment says so.

If you don;t like that, you can move elsewhere, in my humble opinion.

Always amusing to hear people say this.... Pray tell, WHERE?

[Karen]

100% agreed. But NOT because of the idea of "separation of church and state." Because the 1st Amendment says so.

Always amusing to hear people say this.... Pray tell, WHERE?

I count the Amendments as part of the totality of the Constitution.

As for where to move, well, you'd have to pick which kind of religion you'd like to follow. If you want a place that's entirely - or even mostly one religion, there's Vatican City and its environs, for Catholic, Saudi Arabia for Muslim, Armenia for Armenian Apostolic, Greece for Greek Orthodox - The Scandinavian countries for Lutheran - though there you'd still have to put up with more than 10% non-Lutherans ...