Reply To: Political Statements
I agree with what LaDeDa said, but to show that I’m not just a liberal lemming, I’ll put some of it in my own words. 🙂 What scares me about the Christian right is that they are trying to remake the country in their image. They want everyone to do, say and believe as they do. This, to me, runs contrary to the very foundation upon which our great democratic experiment was built. While the Puritans were a Christian sect, they came here to escape religious persecution, not to found a Christian nation. The men who wrote our constitution did not do so to found a Christian nation. No matter how many times they happened to say the word, “God,” our constitution clearly prohibits the establishment of a state religion, which, based on the rhetoric of the Christian right, is precisely what they want. Our laws should not be a reflection of one religion’s ideology. Any religion. As Obama so eloquently expressed a couple of years ago, the laws of the land must be held to a higher standard than just one religion’s philosophy. They must pass muster among all religions and among those who are not religious. Like me. Some might argue that most Americans are Christians. And I would remind them that our country’s founders felt that we should be protected from the tyranny of the majority.
I have heard it said that liberals are pushing our ideology onto the faithful, but I can’t agree. Why? Because the liberal philosophy is that we are free to choose. Liberals are generally in favor of opening doors, not closing them. We want to expand civil liberties, not limit them. Yes, that means that people will be exposed to ideas and beliefs with which they do not agree. Which they might consider dangerous. Deal with it. With great freedom comes great responsibility. Or in the words of Papa Neo-Con Newt Gingrich, “Life is hard, and freedom is frustrating.”
Don’t tread on me! Live free or die! [/rant]
Hey, you asked. I did warn y’all that I get a bit rabid about this subject. 🙂
P.S. I take exception to Gle3nn’s characterization that I “hate” the Christian right. I don’t. I fear them.