Sarah's speech in Wisconsin was hot tea

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Originally Posted by yubba

That's ok, see in this free soceity you can think what ever you want that's what makes America great, try that in China, Russia,and any other rat hole country, and you will more than likely be lined up on a wall, but more than likely you be on your knees with a bullet in the back of your head. I'll pray for soul anyway that's what good christian folk do.

That's just it, yubba, we're NOT allowed to think what we want - the PC crowd, and the religious one - has seen to that. Know of any atheist presidents? Yeah, me neither. How about any (proven!) Muslim ones? We've had what, one, maybe two Roman Catholics in office... the upper echelon of leadership in this country is, predominantly (and almost exclusively) of the Christian bent. President Bush Sr. is alleged to have said that atheists couldn't even be considered citizens or patriots in this nation under God. Sounds to me like I'm being considered a second-class citizen. (Now, this is alleged, not proven, and the person alleging it is an atheist activist; that said, the Bush Presidential Library did release letters concerning this 1987 interview, and at the time, the Bush campaign did nothing to discredit the statement.) With knowledge of this potential bias, the fact that it is discussed some twenty years on suggests veracity in the sentiment, if not in the words itself.

If we're allowed to say and think and believe what we want, explain to me why the last brick & mortar college I went to had an exclusively titled "Black Student Union" and that's fine, but a similarly titled "White Student Union" would have the ACLU's little-girl pants in a wad; further, if we're allowed to believe what we want, give me one - just one - good secular reason to oppose the rights of homosexuals to marry, or for abortion to be outlawed.

One good, non-religious, non-judgmental, secular reason for those two things.