09-12-2006, 02:15 AM
Comparing this to an Elvis siting is just beyond the pale rude white boy.
People want and need to be informed and slamming views is not the way to do it like that hate monger Rush Limpdick. Sorry I can't help that.
People want education and not to be left in the dark, or manipulated (get it) so it seems to me we should be able to read it all when looking for understanding, not blame and hate.
Many of my dear friends, I mean really dear friends are Repugs and I forgive them for that. I have never tried to convert anyone to my club, but some of them seem to want to save me so to speak. I am conservative in some ways and liberal in others.
This is an article that is the epitome of why I will NEVER be converted, GWB was appointed by God, just ask Katheryn of Florida election fame. I have given this article to some of my friends, explained how the term Homeland Security and many other labels make my skin crawl, and they do not get it. Oh well stay informed and move to Hawaii to get away from some of the BS, that's what I'm striving to do.
"Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State
By Jim Stratton
Orlando Sentinel
Saturday, August 26, 2006; A09
ORLANDO, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that the separation of church and state is a "lie we have been told" to keep religious people out of politics.
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Harris told interviewers from the Florida Baptist Witness, the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist State Convention. She cited abortion and same-sex marriage as examples of that sin.
Harris, a candidate in the Sept. 5 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, said her religious beliefs "animate" everything she does, including her votes in Congress.
Witness editors interviewed candidates for office, asking them to describe their faith and their positions on certain issues.
Harris has always professed a deep Christian faith. But she has rarely expressed such a fervent evangelical perspective publicly.
Political and religious officials responded to her published remarks with outrage and dismay.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she was "disgusted" by the comments "and deeply disappointed in Representative Harris personally."
Harris, Wasserman Schultz said, "clearly shows that she does not deserve to be a representative."
Ruby Brooks, a veteran Tampa Bay Republican activist, said Harris's remarks "were offensive to me as a Christian and a Republican."
"This notion that you've been chosen or anointed, it's offensive," Brooks said. "We hurt our cause with that more than we help it."
Harris told the journalists "we have to have the faithful in government" because that is God's will. Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers," she said.
"And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our Founding Fathers intended, and that certainly isn't what God intended."
Harris campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Marks would not answer questions about the Harris interview. Instead, she released a two-sentence statement.
"Congresswoman Harris encourages Americans from all walks of life and faith to participate in our government," it stated. "She continues to be an unwavering advocate of religious rights and freedoms."
The religious rights and freedoms of the self proclaimed Righteous, forget youror my religion.
Ok I'm tuned out for the day here folks, sorry for the rant and I'll just move on.
Aloha,
mella l
People want and need to be informed and slamming views is not the way to do it like that hate monger Rush Limpdick. Sorry I can't help that.
People want education and not to be left in the dark, or manipulated (get it) so it seems to me we should be able to read it all when looking for understanding, not blame and hate.
Many of my dear friends, I mean really dear friends are Repugs and I forgive them for that. I have never tried to convert anyone to my club, but some of them seem to want to save me so to speak. I am conservative in some ways and liberal in others.
This is an article that is the epitome of why I will NEVER be converted, GWB was appointed by God, just ask Katheryn of Florida election fame. I have given this article to some of my friends, explained how the term Homeland Security and many other labels make my skin crawl, and they do not get it. Oh well stay informed and move to Hawaii to get away from some of the BS, that's what I'm striving to do.
"Rep. Harris Condemns Separation of Church, State
By Jim Stratton
Orlando Sentinel
Saturday, August 26, 2006; A09
ORLANDO, Aug. 25 -- Rep. Katherine Harris (R-Fla.) said this week that God did not intend for the United States to be a "nation of secular laws" and that the separation of church and state is a "lie we have been told" to keep religious people out of politics.
"If you're not electing Christians, then in essence you are going to legislate sin," Harris told interviewers from the Florida Baptist Witness, the weekly journal of the Florida Baptist State Convention. She cited abortion and same-sex marriage as examples of that sin.
Harris, a candidate in the Sept. 5 Republican primary for U.S. Senate, said her religious beliefs "animate" everything she does, including her votes in Congress.
Witness editors interviewed candidates for office, asking them to describe their faith and their positions on certain issues.
Harris has always professed a deep Christian faith. But she has rarely expressed such a fervent evangelical perspective publicly.
Political and religious officials responded to her published remarks with outrage and dismay.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) said she was "disgusted" by the comments "and deeply disappointed in Representative Harris personally."
Harris, Wasserman Schultz said, "clearly shows that she does not deserve to be a representative."
Ruby Brooks, a veteran Tampa Bay Republican activist, said Harris's remarks "were offensive to me as a Christian and a Republican."
"This notion that you've been chosen or anointed, it's offensive," Brooks said. "We hurt our cause with that more than we help it."
Harris told the journalists "we have to have the faithful in government" because that is God's will. Separating religion and politics is "so wrong because God is the one who chooses our rulers," she said.
"And if we are the ones not actively involved in electing those godly men and women," then "we're going to have a nation of secular laws. That's not what our Founding Fathers intended, and that certainly isn't what God intended."
Harris campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Marks would not answer questions about the Harris interview. Instead, she released a two-sentence statement.
"Congresswoman Harris encourages Americans from all walks of life and faith to participate in our government," it stated. "She continues to be an unwavering advocate of religious rights and freedoms."
The religious rights and freedoms of the self proclaimed Righteous, forget youror my religion.
Ok I'm tuned out for the day here folks, sorry for the rant and I'll just move on.
Aloha,
mella l
mella l
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