Unruly Passengers

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Paul Tomblin" wrote in message
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In a previous article, "C J Campbell"
said:
punishment. But they just fall all over themselves supporting the
right
to
commit suicide, euthanize old people, and kill unborn children. It
has
reached the point that the Democratic Party resembles nothing so much
as
a
cult of death worshippers.

Remember the good old days, when it was the Republicans who thought
that
the government shouldn't make laws taking away your right to do
something
unless it harmed others? That was back before they became a wholey
owned
subsidiary of the radical Christian Right.

And according to CJ's profile on Jay's site, that's a dead-on
assessment.

The radical Christian right might beg to differ with that view. When I was
working on Troy Romero's campaign for state senate a few years ago, the
local Journal-American pointed out that Troy is a 'Mormon' and recommended
voting against him because of his Christian beliefs.

We got the same thing here when Matt Salmon tried running for governor, from
both the Dem's and the Repub's.

The Christian right was
so incensed at a 'Mormon' running for office that they fielded their own
candidate and campaigned against Troy claiming that he is not a Christian.
So I guess you just can't win for losing.

Religions, for the most part, hate intolerence...of their views.


It has always been like that. Still, the State of Illinois recently passed
a
resolution apologizing for the State sanctioned assassination of Joseph
Smith (then the Presidential candidate of the Reform Party), seizing of
all
lands and assets belonging to 'Mormons,' official disenfranchisement of
all
members, driving them out of their homes in the middle of winter without
adequate food and clothing, and using military force to burn and pillage
the
city of Nauvoo. That was very nice of them and the resolution was
gratefully
received by members of the Church. Still, you see the same attitudes that
prevailed in those times are still around, even on this news group.

In Utah, until just a few years ago, you couldn't win office unless you were
Mormon. Same goes in predominantly Mormon areas in other states, such as
Mesa, AZ. Things have changed and they are longer the dominant political
force, but it isn't unusual in how these groups like to think that as long
as they are the majority they can rule with an iron fist.

I note, too, that the Mormon's were banned from practicing polygamy in the
late 1800's because "it wasn't a mainstream practice".

Today the Mormon's are pretty "hands off" regarding other peoples values and
they don't try to foist their religious values on the entire towns where
they live (such as bar, liquor and the like), but they sure didn't go
voluntarily.

Still, I don't think there's a religious group out there that wouldn't turn
their town, state, or the entire country into a theocracy of their own
making if they could get away with it. Apparently they think that all they
need is enough votes and a selective enough interpretation of the
Constitution that would do modern liberals proud.