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On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:51:49 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:16:49 -0800, jps wrote:

On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 12:44:10 -0500, wrote:

On 28 Feb 2015 16:51:06 GMT, Keyser Söze wrote:

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On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 11:20:16 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 2/28/15 11:18 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 10:16:08 -0500, Keyser Söze
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On 2/28/15 9:58 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 09:54:18 -0500, Keyser Söze
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...vote for Republican candidates:

A majority of Republicans nationally support establishing
Christianity as the national religion, according to a new Public Policy
Polling survey released Tuesday.

The poll by the Democratic-leaning firm found that 57 percent of
Republicans “support establishing Christianity as the national religion”
while 30 percent are opposed. Another 13 percent said they were not sure.

The irony is rich. Many Republican activists like to describe themselves
as “Constitutional Conservatives,” but under the Constitution – at least
in this country – the very idea of a national religion is antithetical
to the American tradition. Indeed, the opening words of the Bill of
Rights explicitly say, “Congress shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion.”

There’s nothing “conservative” about a theocratic agenda in which one
faith tradition is endorsed by the government above all other belief
systems.

But this week, it wasn’t just the poll results that highlighted the
problem. A county Republican Party in Idaho pushed a resolution that
intended to identify Idaho as a “formally and specifically declared a
Christian state.” One local activist told reporters, “We’re a Christian
community in a Christian state and the Republican Party is a Christian
party.”

The resolution was ultimately defeated by the state party, but the fact
that it was considered, and enjoyed a fair amount of support, was
unsettling for supporters of church-state separation.

Read more at:

http://tinyurl.com/k4l7fh2

Strange as it might seem to you, I agree this was a dumb idea

It's not just a dumb idea for Idaho. Establishing christianity as the
national religion is an idea the majority of GOPers favor, and it isn't
the only bad exclusionary idea Republicans want to push onto everyone.

I agree we should not have a national religion but if the citizens of
Idaho want one, it is their business.
The 1st amendment says "congress" not the local government.
I don't see you in Idaho anyway. What difference does it make to you?

Creep. Not you. The legislation. If it passes in Idaho, it's going to be
on the agenda in Texas, South Carolina, Kansas, et cetera.

Republican exclusionism. It sucks.

Those are all places you say you will never go to anyway. What's it to
you?
I am sure they feel the same way about how Maryland infringes on your
2d amendment rights.
That is why we are 50 states and not one monoculture.

Maryland is infringing on my 2nd Amendment rights? How?

Limiting what you can buy and the hoops you have to jump through to
buy what you can.

How is some legislator in Idaho making a symbolic gesture that
reflects the beliefs of his residents, "congress" making a law?

I look at things like this to be about as significant as making the
bald eagle the american bird. They don't make you buy one and keep it
as a pet.

Is it a symbolic gesture if a state adopts sharia law, judaic law,
hindi law?

That is not what they were saying. I didn't see any specific
legislation, just a resolution that Idaho wanted to call themselves a
christian state. It is better than "famous potatoes" I guess.

Are you serious? Have you seen how these lunatics "interpret" the
bible? Once a religion is sanctified as "official" you don't think
the fundies would have a field day in the state house legislature?

Come on, really?

I think it is silly but it is ****ing Idaho. Have you ever been to
Idaho?

I have spent a good deal of time in Idaho but mostly in the civilized
parts. Boise is a sweet little city, college town. Ketchum and Sun
Valley are lovely in winter and summer. There are both good and bad
parts of the state, with some of the nastiest racists concentrated
more toward the panhandle. Even in those parts there are good folks
who can't stand the racists.

Lotta yahoos in Idaho, for sure.