Comments on: The Convenience of Separation of Church and State http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/ Real People Real Opinions | Politics News Social Issues Humor Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:58:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: javaz http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-36530 javaz Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:19:42 +0000 http://planetpov.com/?p=9338#comment-36530 Chilling - group files lawsuit about hate-crime legislation stating that it's an attack on their religious beliefs. <blockquote>Filed by the Thomas More Law Center -- which bills itself as the religious answer to the American Civil Liberties Union -- the complaint claims that protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people "is an effort to eradicate religious beliefs opposing the homosexual agenda from the marketplace of ideas by demonizing, vilifying, and criminalizing such beliefs as a matter of federal law and policy."</blockquote> http://rawstory.com/2010/02/christians-claim-hate-crimes-law-effort-eradicate-beliefs/ Chilling – group files lawsuit about hate-crime legislation stating that it’s an attack on their religious beliefs.

Filed by the Thomas More Law Center — which bills itself as the religious answer to the American Civil Liberties Union — the complaint claims that protecting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered people “is an effort to eradicate religious beliefs opposing the homosexual agenda from the marketplace of ideas by demonizing, vilifying, and criminalizing such beliefs as a matter of federal law and policy.”

http://rawstory.com/2010/02/christians-claim-hate-crimes-law-effort-eradicate-beliefs/

]]> By: KQuark http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-36405 KQuark Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:47:54 +0000 http://planetpov.com/?p=9338#comment-36405 Choicelady I have to be honest you have opened my eyes to people of faith. I still have my own beliefs that don't really fit religion or God but now I have the utmost respect for people of faith who are using their faith to make the world better. I guess I always had that respect but you helped it reemerge in my psyche because I had become so jaded since I had dealt with the self righteous who try to use religion as a political tool or worse yet a weapon to look down on others. Thank you for that. Choicelady I have to be honest you have opened my eyes to people of faith. I still have my own beliefs that don’t really fit religion or God but now I have the utmost respect for people of faith who are using their faith to make the world better. I guess I always had that respect but you helped it reemerge in my psyche because I had become so jaded since I had dealt with the self righteous who try to use religion as a political tool or worse yet a weapon to look down on others. Thank you for that.

]]> By: KQuark http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-36404 KQuark Sat, 06 Feb 2010 04:41:09 +0000 http://planetpov.com/?p=9338#comment-36404 Excellent reply and eloquently stated. The worst part is that right wing Christians are now justifying worldly wealth saying it's righteous to get your just deserves on earth. That's totally new to me based on anything I know about Christianity. Excellent reply and eloquently stated.

The worst part is that right wing Christians are now justifying worldly wealth saying it’s righteous to get your just deserves on earth. That’s totally new to me based on anything I know about Christianity.

]]> By: choicelady http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-36402 choicelady Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:35:19 +0000 http://planetpov.com/?p=9338#comment-36402 Javaz - you have more solid theology in this post than all the RW extremists do in a year of television Bible thumping rants. How could they SO miss the point? How beautifully you capture it! They could do with a lot more love and a lot less fearmongering to get half so close to the essence of what Christ taught as you have so eloquently done. Way cool, Javaz. Way cool. Javaz – you have more solid theology in this post than all the RW extremists do in a year of television Bible thumping rants.

How could they SO miss the point? How beautifully you capture it! They could do with a lot more love and a lot less fearmongering to get half so close to the essence of what Christ taught as you have so eloquently done.

Way cool, Javaz. Way cool.

]]> By: AdLib http://planetpov.com/2010/02/05/the-convenience-of-separation-of-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-36401 AdLib Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:32:28 +0000 http://planetpov.com/?p=9338#comment-36401 VOX POPULI IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! Click here to go there now: http://planetpov.com/live-events/vox-populi/ VOX POPULI IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! Click here to go there now:

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