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Assumption: 'honest, moral people'. Do you know all 14,000 or 30 million of them? What puts you in any position to judge that? What condemns all those 'honest, moral' people, in my book, is their robust effort to impose their religious values on public policy to prevent people from marrying the person of their choice (in addition to literally demonizing their sexual preference) and inject their religious teachings into public schools, just to name a couple. That makes them all complicit, and guilty as charged, according to my moral code which includes equal protection under the law, seperation of church and state, and the right to the pursuit of happiness. If you want to believe that a giant wood rat is god, fine. Keep it out of public policy. Oh wait, I don't have a moral code. Sorry, I forgot.

Actually, I don't subscribe to any of your assertions. And your example of gun control, which I personally couldn't give a damn about, is dated. The Democrats in general have largely abandoned that as an issue out of shear necessity. Your confuse the actual definition of terms like "moral values" with its connotative meaning in the public sphere. When that term is used in public, political speech, it connotes a specific agenda put forth by the religious right. I object to intrusions on privacy and personal choice from the left as well. As conservatives in power have become more radical, however, they are fewer and farther between these days. Simply put, I believe government should be neutral regarding religion, as stated in the constitution. I believe that everyone should have an equal right to marry whom they choose. I believe that the government should stay out of our private lives and personal choices. The religious right does not believe these things, and therein lies my objection. And BTW, for those who are logically challenged, stating that non-christians object to a religious right agenda does not imply anything at all about christians who do not fall into that category.

You are absolved, my child.

I think your cat is walking on your keyboard, again.

If you'll take the time to read a bit more carefully, you'll see that I didn't.

Not =. Ideologies don't act, people do.

The difference these days is that the code word "moral values", as used in public political speech, has come to mean the prayer in schools, pro-life, anti-gay agenda embraced by the religious right. It is a philosophy that strongly believes in the government legislating what goes on in the bedroom, how to parent children, and how individuals should behave in private. In essence, it is public policy based on fundamentalist christianity. Needless to say, those of us who are not christian, and who still hold the constitution in high regard, object to this agenda, and to the hijacking of the word "moral" in public discourse.

...because she isn't a man.

Tammy Faye redeemed herself by becoming an advocate for gay equality. I seriously doubt this guy will follow the same path to righteousness. And most people issue the very same kind of sincere apology once they're caught with their pants down after repeated, failed attempts to lie and cover up their way through a scandal. Next headline: Reverend Ted checks into the Betty Ford Center. His long history of self hating, anti-gay politics makes this guy an utter shitbag. If, in fact, he does a St.Paul and reverses the damage he's done to gay Americans, I might change my opinion. I'm not going to hold my breath.

BFD. So did the Green River Killer.

That would be THREE hours of makeup removal...

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A buddy of mine lost his waterfront cabin during that flood. More accurately, both neighbors on either side had their cabins and property swept away...my friend's cabin remained cantilevered halfway over a fifty foot cliff, supported only by its concrete foundation. Needless to say, the insurance company frowned on his moving back in as is. Never buy riverfront property on an outside bend.

the real enemies are ideologs

In case others also believe that Royal Tannenbaums blew donkey dicks at 10 cents a herd, here are some subs: The seven year itch Some like it hot Galaxy quest Dark star Election Ballroom Dancing Bananas The full monty Love and death Bottle rocket Pet detective Arthur Up in smoke Waiting for Guffman Best in show Smoke signals Repo man The snapper A boy and his dog

Yeah, he's a pretty stand up guy, all right. After lying to his congregation of 14,000, his association of 30 million, and his wife and five kids, for years, while demonizing and actively working to outlaw egalitarian gay relationships for millions of others. Admirable guy. Really.

We must protect our children, even if it means putting a single mom out of work. Period.

Some other form of disciplinary action would have been more commensurate with the infraction. What an overly sensitive world we live in...

Who needs school children when we've got you?

A self-righteous proclamation from one of the most profane blowhards on cc.com. Oh wait, only liberals can be self-righteous. I forgot.

Don't need the link. I've already got one uploaded into my head.

"All we are saaayyy-ing, is give Three Mile Island a chance..." "WPPSS there goes, a-nother pow-er plant..." I seem to recall some pretty sound reasons to hault the sketchy US nuclear program at the time.

Anything else would never make it past their pithiness editor.

Even though I fuck dudes and dally with eye shadow and meth, I will feel no evil, for you were with me; your rod and your staff, they comforted me.

In the land of milkshake and honeys...