fizzgig
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Mon May-01-06 02:14 PM
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apparently i'm not an american |
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i had to cover an immigration march and the counter-rally for work yesterday, and, as it turns out, i'm not an american
granted, i'm only third generation if you look only at one of my great-grandfathers, but i'm still not an american
why?
because i'm not a christian
i actually had a woman tell me that christianity was our national religion and if you want to emigrate here, that's great as long as you share 'our' faith
why do i hate america?
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Mon May-01-06 02:15 PM
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America has no national religion. Having a majority does not equal having a law.
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Mon May-01-06 02:18 PM
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3. when i was talking to her |
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all i wanted as a sign that said :wtf:
then she told me the first americans were christian...
and all these years i thought there were millions of people living here when the europeans arrived, but i guess i was wrong
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Mon May-01-06 02:20 PM
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5. Even if she were correct about the 'first Americans' (and she isn't!) |
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that still doesn't mean we have a national religion.
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Mon May-01-06 02:17 PM
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2. Thats completely insane |
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These are the same people who will tell you, with a straight face, that the trouble with the middle east is that they let religion run their governments...
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Mon May-01-06 02:19 PM
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fizzgig
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Mon May-01-06 02:21 PM
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7. guess i need to 'go home' |
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just wish i could decide between the half-dozen or so countries my ancestors came from...
:hi:
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Mon May-01-06 02:37 PM
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13. You can come to England |
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Mon May-01-06 02:21 PM
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fizzgig
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Mon May-01-06 02:22 PM
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8. i was going to say she's batshit crazy |
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but you are nicer than me
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Mon May-01-06 02:22 PM
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9. So all those Native Americans should leave? |
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Mon May-01-06 02:23 PM
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10. Pity nobody told the Founding Fathers that. |
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They seemed to have quite a different idea when they wrote the 6th Article of the U.S. Constitution - they had the temerity to put in there this horrific modern liberal text:
no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States
That's part of the very very original text - even before the First Amendment in the Bill of Rights.
I'm not an American, I am a Christian - but I do know that Christianity is NOT the national religion of the U.S.
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Mon May-01-06 02:25 PM
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11. Dont people even know what the 1st amendment is anymore? |
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It says it right there in plain English - FREEDOM OF RELIGION.
Or after 9/11/01 is that not relevant anymore? :shrug:
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Mon May-01-06 02:29 PM
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She's not American for the plain reason that she's dumb as dirt. So ha!
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Mon May-01-06 03:02 PM
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14. Perhaps she wasn't listening in civics class OR religion class. (nt) |
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Edited on Mon May-01-06 03:02 PM by ih8thegop
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