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Originally Posted by ~MamaCharly~
I am worried about the impact this will have on my religious freedoms and practices. They have been under attack for a while now and I am fearful that this administration will cause problems for people with similar beliefs as me.
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If you are truely fearful of your religious beliefs being trampled on, then please make your votes based on the candidate(s) more likely to restore the first amendment (among other amendments) and call your state senators and represenatives to tell them you feel strongly that the Patriot Act should be sunsetted (is that right?) in 2009. You should get everyone in your church involved, calling various peope ever day to really show that this is an important issue to you. Being truely educated is the best weapon against fear, at least for me. I have been fearful this entire administration, because more and more rights were being taken away. Such as freedom of assembly, freedom of/from religion, freedom of speech, the fourth amendment, etc. Most of the Bill of Rights is gone under the PATRIOT ACT (i had no idea it was an acronym this whole time, I feel silly now)
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Originally Posted by Korwynne
I didn't care either way - but I find it amazing that we have someone who was born prior to the civil rights act who has just been declared the president-elect!
and I'm dying to know who will be governor here, and it's neck and neck.
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warning, flippiant comment to a friend, she'll totally understand I'm joking to relieve the stress, so don't spazz.
Korwynne, who did you vote for, Chicklet-teeth-guy or Scary-Hair-Lady?
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Originally Posted by Korwynne
unless you've got a girl. Hopefully someday there will be a candidate (who is not Hillary, pretty please!) so we can break down the gender wall as well.  |
I think that Hillary came so close and that Palin came so close is a valid hope to my girls. That's jmo though, you can disagree and I'll still
you, cause you rawk like that. It has nothing to do with awesome juice. I swear. (inside joke between us, sorry, had to be said; again, tension relief)
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Originally Posted by Claire Berry
Not that what he endured when he was three would really have a lasting effect on our presidential policy.....
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Really?!? You don't think it impacted him? I have totally clear memories of being two and three and hungry. Not having a place to live and nothing to eat. If I were in a position of power it would DEFINITELY shape what choices I made. I can remember hunger. It is not something you forget easily. Maybe you've never been that hungry and cold and afraid and wet and didn't know why you were this way. Maybe you were never teased for being different. I don't know you, so I can't say whether or not you have personally experienced these things. I know I have, and I know that they shaped me, and I sure as hell remember them.