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Aug28You Can Hate Me If You Want
Tonya

I can’t take it anymore!! I sit here week after week writing on this blog, trying so hard to be as “objective” as I possibly can be, not writing about my politics – for the most part – but I’m at the end of my rope. And why be a part of a blog if I can’t voice everything I want to say?

So, at the risk of losing readers here it is: I’m frustrated and upset and worried and just plain perplexed. I don’t understand this “Restore America” Rally. Once again, my right to religious freedom is at stake. What is the rationale behind putting God back in our government? Is this not what we proclaim to be Iran’s biggest problem? Oh wait, is it because their God isn’t the “right” “God? Is that it? If we all worshipped the same figure then all would be ok?

Religion is NOT government. It has NO place in government. Sure, those in favor of it believe that if our elected officials prayed to the “right” God then we can trust them to make the right decisions for the country. How’s that worked out for us so far???

At the end of the day, what I believe in (religiously) should have NO bearing on your belief system. This is the TRUE path to freedom. May I remind people that this country was founded by groups escaping persecution. And yet, time and again, our country comes back to this same issue of forced religion. Will we never learn?

The biggest problem here is that those of us who believe in this freedom also believe in the rights of the Becks and the Palins of this world to voice, however shamefully and wrongly timed, their opinions from any public space they wish, any time, and in any way they wish. Yet when they do this they are essentially calling for this freedom of ours – and theirs – to be taken away.  This is what has gotten me so upset. NO ONE has the right to tell me – or you – who/what we should worship, certainly not some politician or political action group. This is what distinguishes us from places like Iran and North Korea.

So, leave nasty comments, unfriend me on Facebook, send me mean emails, and ignore me at social functions, that’s ok because at least I’ve got my freedom (can I get a Scottish accent here?).

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  1. Ken says:
    August 29, 2010 at 10:20 pm

    I am waiting to see how many posts get tagged “mel gibson is an ass.”

    In seriousness, this rally was a load of crap. The whole separation of church and state thing seems pretty clear cut to me too, although we seem to struggle with this as a country. I’m with you on the scariness of this rally and the ideals it supports. I only hope that this is truly a small minority that does not pick up steam.

    If it makes you feel better, there is quite a bit of activity against Glenn Beck. His rating have been consistently dropping this year and a large number of sponsors have dropped his show. Check out the site: http://stopbeck.com/dropped-sponsors/. And if you want to send a message by withholding your shopping dollars from continued sponsors, there is a list of those on the site as well.

    Keep writing!

  2. laurenne says:
    August 30, 2010 at 1:07 am

    here! here!
    I’m with you, sister. And good for you for posting about it.

  3. Sherry Stanfa-Stanley says:
    August 30, 2010 at 8:53 am

    Amen.

  4. deborah quinn says:
    September 3, 2010 at 4:58 pm

    fear. Fear fear fear, it’s all about fear: fear of change, fear of difference, fear of them-who-aren’t-like-me. I swear, if all the people who thought Obama is a muslim would just go buy themselves night-lights they would see that there isn’t a boogie-muslim under the couch terrorizing them but that the boogie-man is in fact working for the Koch family funneling money to libertarians, Beckians, and Palinian Grizzlies.

  5. Paula/adhocmom says:
    September 6, 2010 at 1:45 pm

    scary scary times. . .

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