Religious freedom a bedrock U.S. principle

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1. By neiman1

   Oct. 26, 2008

   4:51 a.m.

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   The last time I looked it wasn't America that started a religious jihad.

2. By johnevegas (John Palmer)

   Oct. 26, 2008

   5:47 a.m.

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   "The last time I looked it wasn't America that started a religious jihad."

   Operation Ajax. Nuff said.

3. By gunowners4obama

   Oct. 26, 2008

   9:55 a.m.

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   You've got to be kidding. Plenty of Christians feel superior to people who aren't Christian, and they like it that way. It's the co-opting of the Christian right by the Republican party that has brought this country to the brink of disaster. They have brought millions of single-issue voters in by vowing to reverse abortion rights laws, thereby becoming enabled to pursue their real agenda: committing economic warfare on all but the rich. If you think for a moment that many Christians believe in separation of church and state, you must be either very young or very naive, with a rude awakening coming.

4. By KDR81

   Oct. 27, 2008

   11:17 a.m.

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   The Christian coalition doesn't give a rats butt about economics.

   And economic warfare is wealth redistribution.

   If you want equality, fairness and a system that reduces poverty and increases wealth, we need free trade, limited government and low taxes.

   All our system does is shuffle wealth from poor to rich. That is how socialism works in practice. Socialists just hope people care more about doing the right thing rather than seeing positive results.

5. By KDR81

   Oct. 27, 2008

   11:19 a.m.

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   And no, you don't get disqualified for saying this is a Christian nation.

   Seperation of Church and state was created to protect against that kind of thinking. You can't outlaw someone's participation in society because of their religious beliefs. Period.

   Modern Seperation of Church and state thinkers are mostly atheist and agnostic bigots, not logical rational thinkers.