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Danny,

Agree with you 1000%!

George

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> After 9/11, Jerry Falwell said on the 700 Club (1 million viewers per 
> day): 
> 
> "I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the 
> feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make 
> that an alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all 
> of them who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their 
> face and say 'you helped this happen.'" 
> 
> The host, Pat Roberts, agreed and prayed for the de-secularization of the 
> United States government as our best protection against terrorism. 
> 
> I bring this up again because I strongly feel that *that* is the root 
> cause of what is wrong in this country [1]. 
> 
> What do 9/11 and gay marriage bans have in common? Religious 
> fundamentalism. 
> 
> Let's keep pointing this out until people start to feel the embarrassing 
> irony when President Bush says things like "God is on our side" [2]. 
> 
> Danny 
> 
> 
> Footnotes: 
> 
> [1] I know that post-election analysis revealed "religious values voting" 
> to be less of a factor than "fear of terrorism voting". Nonetheless, 
> without the fundamentalist religious right we would not have Bush or gay 
> marriage bans. As Lee Newman argued a while back (I'll dig up the 
> references if anyone's interested), the difference between Bush's 
> popularity in the US vs everywhere else in the world is explained by our 
> much higher degree of religiosity. 
> 
> [2] actual quote along the lines of "God is not neutral in this conflict 
> between freedom and fear" 
> 
> PS: to get on or off the improvetheworld list: 
> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld 
> 
> -- 
> http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves - - google://"Daniel Reeves" 
> 
> "In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" -- Homer Simpson 
> 
> 
> 
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 Danny, 
   
 Agree with you 1000%! 
   
 George 
   
 -------------- Original message --------------   > After 9/11, Jerry
Falwell said on the 700 Club (1 million viewers per  > day):  >  > "I
really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the  > feminists,
and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make  > that an
alternative lifestyle, the ACLU, People For the American Way, all  > of them
who have tried to secularize America. I point the finger in their  > face
and say 'you helped this happen.'"  >  > The host, Pat Roberts, agreed
and prayed for the de-secularization of the  > United States government as
our best protection against terrorism.	>  > I bring this up again
because I strongly feel that *that* is the root  > cause of what is wrong in
this country [1].  >  > What do 9/11 and gay marriage bans have in
common!
 ? Religious  > fundamentalism.  >  > Let's keep pointing this out
until people start to feel the embarrassing  > irony when President Bush
says things like "God is on our side" [2].  >  > Danny  >  >  >
Footnotes:  >  > [1] I know that post-election analysis revealed
"religious values voting"  > to be less of a factor than "fear of terrorism
voting". Nonetheless,  > without the fundamentalist religious right we would
not have Bush or gay  > marriage bans. As Lee Newman argued a while back
(I'll dig up the  > references if anyone's interested), the difference
between Bush's	> popularity in the US vs everywhere else in the world is
explained by our  > much higher degree of religiosity.  >  > [2]
actual quote along the lines of "God is not neutral in this conflict  >
between freedom and fear"  >  > PS: to get on or off the improvetheworld
list:  > http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves/improvetheworld  &g
t;  > --  > http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/dreeves - - google://"Daniel
Reeves"  >  > "In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" --
Homer Simpson  >  >  >    

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