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Originally Posted by sgtdmski  To say the United States is a Christain nation is to say that our nation believes and is derived from the teachings of Jesus Christ, that our people belong to religions based upon his teachings, that we are decent, repectible and humane. | I have no doubt that attitudes as expressed above is exactly the reason people take great offense at such comments.
The implication. that if you don't have a religion based on the teachings of Jesus Christ, being you are not decent, respectable or humane.
A very un-Christ-like attitude, and far more in keeping with the attitudes of the Pharisees that Jesus tossed out of the temples on their collective ears. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Conservatism: Self-centered mean-spiritedness fueled by ignorance and misguided self-importance.
Bigotry is a social disease.
Legalized same-sex marriage almost certainly benefits those same-sex couples who choose to marry, as well as the children being raised in those homes. - David Blankenhorn is president of the New York-based Institute for American Values and the author of "The Future of Marriage."
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