I will now refute every one and send it to every address attached.
Please do the same. This is a great way to communicate our views to the red staters and the moderate people who also get their messages.
If you don't get these, then you need to get out of your insulated liberal circle. Seriously, give your email to some fundies.
I will hire a lawyer if my tax dollars are being used
to teach theology-based science or to indoctrinate my child in any way
toward any religion. He'll be given the freedom to develop his own beliefs without
interference from the government, thank you very much.
Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will not be endangered
because someone says a 30-second prayer before a football game.
So what's the big deal? It's not like somebody is up there reading
the entire book of Acts. They're just talking to a God they believe in
and asking him to grant safety to the players on the field and the
fans
going home from the game.
"But it's a Christian prayer," some will argue. Yes, and this is the
United States of America, a country founded on Christian principles.
Now that's crap. Read anything written by Thomas Jefferson (a deist) on the subject,and you
will see that we are not founded on Christian principles. For that matter you can read what George
Washington wrote about it. Many of our founding fathers, including three early Presidents
were Unitarians. Where does the constitution say that we must heal the sick, feed the poor, love our enemies and turn the other cheek?
According to our very own phone book, Christian churches out number
all
others better than 200-to-1.
Which is irrelevant to the fact that we have separation of church and state.
I don't want my tax dollars supporting anyone's efforts to influence my son's faith.
You can try to influence his faith, but you can't ask me to pay for it!
So what would you expect-somebody
chanting
Hare Krishna? If I went to a football game in Jerusalem, I would
expect
to hear a Jewish prayer.
Israel does not have separation of church and state. Religion is part of their constitution.
If I went to a soccer game in Baghdad, I would expect to hear a Muslim
prayer. If I went to a ping pong match in China, I would expect to
hear
someone pray to Buddha.
No you wouldn't. China is a communist country where religion is still considered the
opiate of the masses. You wouldn't hear any prayer in public, not even a man on the
street. You certainly wouldn't see groups gathering for prayer after a public event.
China is not a free country, we are. You can gather with whoever you want and say what
ever you want, where ever you want. Just don't use taxpayer money to do it.
And I wouldn't be offended.
It wouldn't bother me one bit. When in Rome...
And when in America, respect separation of church and state.
"But what about the atheists?" is another argument. What about them?
Nobody is asking them to be baptized.. We're not going to pass the
collection plate. Just humor us for 30 seconds.. If that's asking too
much, bring a Walkman or a pair of ear plugs. Go to the bathroom.
Visit the concession stand. Call your lawyer! Unfortunately, one or
two
will
make that call. One or two will tell thousands what they can
and cannot do. I don't think a short prayer at a football game is
going to shake the world's foundations.
The constitution has protections against tyranny of the majority for a reason.
If you want to say a prayer, say it! I'll probably join you. Just don't use the
speaker system that the atheists had to paid for.
Christians are just sick and tired of turning the other cheek while
our courts strip us of all our rights. Our parents and grandparents
taught
us to pray before eating, to pray before we go to sleep.
No one is telling anyone that they can't pray. They just can't do it while
I am paying for them to teach my child or over the loudspeaker that all taxpayers had to pay for.
Also- Christians tired of turning the other cheek? Then are they Christian?
Instead of trying to put Christ back into Christmas, perhaps they
need to focus on putting Christ back into their Christianity.
While I'm on Christmas- Isn't it interesting that we celebrate the birth of the person who
told us not to worship mammon by diving into a month of unbridled consumption?
Our Bible tells us to pray without ceasing. Now a handful of people
and their lawyers are telling us to cease praying. God, help us.
And if that last sentence offends you, well..........just sue me.
The silent majority has been silent too long.. it's time we let that
one or two who scream loud enough to be heard, that the vast majority
don't
care what they want.. it is time the majority rules! It's time we tell
them,
you don't have to pray.. you don't have to say the pledge of
allegiance,
you
don't have to believe in God or attend services that honor Him. That
is
your right, and we will honor your right... but by golly, you are no
longer going to take our rights away ... we are fighting back... and
we
WILL
WIN!
Not as long as you want to use my tax dollars to indoctrinate my child.
If your beliefs prevent you from functioning due to continual prayer, perhaps
you shouldn't be working. Perhaps you can suppress your prayer to the back of your mind
long enough to teach my child without trying to influence his faith, that's my job.
God bless us one and all, especially those who denounce Him... God
bless America, despite all her faults, she is still the greatest
nation
of
all.
Nobody is denouncing Jesus. We just wish you would really embrace the man
who railed against homelessness, washed prostitutes' feet, healed the sick,
and who said "how you treat the least of these is how you treat me." Ask yourself,
are you going to treat Jesus with tough love?
God bless our service men who are fighting to protect our right to
pray and worship God. .
God bless them, but they are not fighting for our right to worship as we please or
they would be back here standing up for separation of church and state. They are fighting
the war on terrorism.
May 2005 be the year the silent majority is heard and we put God back
as the foundation of our families and institutions.
You ain't so silent from where I stand.
Keep looking up...... In God WE Trust.
Ah yes, the great phrase adopted during the Red Scare of the 1950's.
God has placed His trust in us. Are we living up to that trust?
If you agree with this,
please pass it on.
If not, delete.
The great thing about a free country is that no one get to use my taxes to indoctrinate my child
and you don't get to tell me what to do.
I tried to target some of the language to the audience. I want them to read this, so I left some of the coffee house language out, proclaimed my faith and my belief in the war on terra. I'm standing for freedom in this one and that's all I want to come through.