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I live in deep south Alabama. I know, quit laughing... it's not funny. People here mostly Republicans, vote their religious beliefs. At no time since our country came into existence has there been such a non-seperation of church and state. I know that Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and their Moral Majority and Christian Coalition had much banning with the Republican party had much to do with this and it has just gotten worse and worse.
These same people who praise Roy Moore for his fight to keep the Ten Commandments in a Government building are the same people who will vote for George W. Bush because he believes that homosexual's should not be allowed to marry, and women should not be allowed to have abortions. I am not very religious but I never remember in any of my limited church eperiences or readings of scripture where God ask anyone on earth to be his cheerleader. I think in that Ten Commandments he actually states " Thou shalt not Judge". So I do not get the conviction that these people have to vote for a person who believes as they do because they are sure he will impose their will on these "sinners". If they followed their own stated beliefs that Gods word is law, then they would know that this is judging other people. God forbids them to do this. If God does not think homosexuals should get married or women should have abortions he will surely deal with this at the appropriate time.
I am not sure if there are any studies that will back up my thinking but I believe that if you look at the RED states you will find that they are also the least educated, poorest, and most religious states in the Union.
I saw a speech by Bill Moyer on free speech television the other day in which he brought out some of these same points and then some. He stated that there is a class war going on in this country that started during the Nixon administration. I believe this. Education has been assaulted so as to keep people ignorant. The press that used to be free has been bought in another battle in this war by the rich to get thier message and only their message to the already ignorant, and large numbers of the ignorant have been used by their religious beliefs to support the rich, the class that is way ahead in this war to keep the power going in thier direction.
Question is? How do we stop it?
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