[FoRK] Re: ....where we are.

[Jeff Bone]

On Dec 6, 2007, at 11:59 AM, Tom Higgins wrote:

> I should have kept going because , I mean omg wow, is Lion doing work
> for Romney?
>
> "Freedom requires religion just as religion requires freedom. Freedom
> opens the windows of the soul so that man can discover his most
> profound beliefs and commune with God. Freedom and religion endure
> together, or perish alone."
>
> OK, that is one fucked up statement right there.

For once, I find myself in agreement w/ the right-wing radio pundits  
re: this speech.  This morning Laura Ingraham and some columnist from  
National Review were talking about how odd and ham-handed and poorly- 
timed this speech was, how clearly MR was going for a JFK when in  
fact the situation and context is completely different, and how  
likely this was to alienate the very evangelical (non-Mormon) Xians  
it was apparently intended to appeal to.

All that's true --- AND what Tom said. :-)

Per the above statement, that's one of the most Margaret-Atwood- 
fucking-terrifying statements a presidential candidate has made since  
this:

   "I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor  
should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."

       - G.H.W.B, August 27th, 1987, at a press conference in Chicago

> There were other justifications for polygamy.

Yeah, like --- it's totally HOT! ;-)


jb