Quit the Therotical Burning of Our Constitution NOW an open Plea

Yes it is utterly fantastic in some ways that we now have a Democratic President and control of both houses.

Yet Howard Dean was on the Stephanie Miller show today congratulating himself on courting the Christian Evangelical vote, and it almost completely ruined it for me, and despite my promises not to complain yet, I am going to anyway.

Yes, there are issues we can agree with evangelicals on like the enviroment and helping the poor, I will give him that, but that's where it should end period. I just can't seem to manage the blind "faith" that others here seem to have that it won't go beyond that, into continuing to allow them the free reign that they have enjoyed for the past eight years, and even expanding beyond that.
The first ammendment is being burned away.

How can we say that we are any different from the Republicans if we don't make it clear, that while we will not deny religious people their own rights under the constitution, we will not allow them more rights than others, as not all, but many evangelicals seem to be demanding? Also why can't we make it clear that we will not alter the Constitution to appease their narrow minded "moralness?"

And that if they continue to violate the seperation of church and state as they clearly have been doing, they will be TAXED currently and retroactively with interest from the time they began their breaking of IRS laws.

I am straight so this is not coming from a personal agenda or based on Prop 8 alone, though that is a good an example as any. Its coming as an American who loves the Constitution and does not want to see the first ammendment erroded by either party.

Its coming from a citizen who believes we are all created equal period and no one has the right to dictate to anyone else how they pursue personal happiness as long as it does not physically harm another human being or impede on the rights of another human being.

That's not something that can be voted aways simply because it might offend "religious" sensibilites and all parties need to stop pandering to "religious sensibilities" period. And there is no reason to deny gay marriage other than it offends "some born again religious credo.

What's next Women's Rights, because some religious bigots believe women should stay silent, barefoot and pregnant? Make no mistake if they succeded in denying gay rights, the next time, they will be coming for yours too, so I wouldn't be breathing a sigh of relief yet, and offering false assurances and pleas to our gay brothers and sisters, to be patient. Why should they? Would you be silent if it were your rights?

Again I am not gay, but I am not going to be silent, while their rights are taken away. I sure as hell hope they won't be silent when the religious nuts come for mine.

If we don't except that we need to defend the first ammendment and stand up together against the religiously intolerant, then we don't deserve the protection of the Constitution, and we don't deserve to say we have a conscience, any more than the other side does.

Call me an unsatisfiable heathanistic reverse intolerance whiner bitch if you want to, but that's my opinion on the matter of the mixing of church and state, and it will never change no matter what party tries to sell me on the reasons to see that line crossed. Its my line in the sand, and for me, I still see no good or legitimate reason to ever cross it.