Posted on 03/04/2003 2:34:57 AM PST by sarcasm
So walking out and not participating in a group prayer is a personal expression of religion? And choosing to stay and bowing one's head in prayer isn't an expression of religion?
Of course they have a right to walk out. Whether they stay or they leave, they are expressing themselves, they are making a statement.
I'll have to remember to cite this doctrine next time the boss calls a boring staff meeting.
First off whom people put into office in an individual state is none of anybody else's concern. The people who were involved are there to serve their constituents not some conservative or christian appeaser from another state.
Secondly, what needs to be impressed upon here is that there are certain elements amongest us who want christians and conservatives punished for their beliefs and no amount of goverment force or whining on a message board is going to make christians or conservatives like myself hold hands or sing Kumbya with these enormously harmful elements if we don't want to.
This grandiose idea of chrisitans and conservatives singing Kumbya and holding hands with people of other political ideologies and religions is just not going to happen no matter how much someone on this message board wants it to happen.
And I can tell you that had I lived in one of those districts in Washington I would say to the freeper condamning those reps. "Screw you. You're not going to tell me who my representative is. You mind your own business in your own state.
Who these people put in office in their own state legislatures is their own decision and as far as I'm concerned is none of our freakin' business.
Regards.
The part where you assume that legislators don't attend the opening session of the legislature because of bigotry. That's just a spurious argument.
Contrast it with the STAGED walkout by these to legislators. That WAS bigoted, and inappropriate. If they wanted to be appropriate, they would have stayed away altogether. That way their bigotry could have remained unnoticed.
You don't have the "freedom" to be insulting to others when you are a legislator. You represent all your constituents, not just those with whose religious tenets you agree.
No. It's a personal expression of contempt for the practitioners of a specific religion, some of whom may well be their constituents.
That is highly inappropriate.
Well, there is a significant number of U.S. Congresspersons--the Socialist Caucus--that advocates the same thing. What do you do about that?Ummmmm.....socialists don't have a militant wing???Thank goodness they don't have a militant wing as Islam does.
-Eric
You are, when you state that an elected representative does not have the right to "protest" by not attending a prayer which he does not want to hear.
If the constituents don't like his / her actions, they will remove him / her.
Re: Spurious: it was you who claimed bigotry, I simply stated that, as an extension, any others who remained away, or left during a prayer, must be, according to your logic, bigots and must be called upon to resign!
You don't have the "freedom" to be insulting to others when you are a legislator. ROFLMFAO
You represent all your constituents, not just those with whose religious tenets you agree.
True, but the "protestors" did not say they would not reperent thier constituents who where Muslims, they protested a Muslim prayer being offered in thier presence.
Why not? It's an officially recognized religion... or are YOU the ultimate determiner of what religion is acceptable and what is not?
Here are a few passages from the KoranYou might want to hold onto those stones until you take a good look at Leviticus.
-Eric
Illbay : Neither does the Jewish.
far sider : Ooh. Good one.
Not so fast. They are the same God; the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob is the Father of Jesus Christ (Messiah).
Thus, the "Jewish" God has a Son.
The Jews are in denial that He's already been here once. According to Romans 11, that's only temporary; true Israel will be saved.
Myass.
To "represent" does not mean to "condone" or "approve".
This one is easy. Bad moslems live in peace with their neighbors and leave people alone. They don't kill their children for converting to another religion. Good moslems fly airplanes loaded with innocent people into skyscrapers loaded with innocent people. Good moslems also suicide bomb innocent people. Good moslems even go so far as killing their children who want to change religions.
It is always correct to show disrespect for the enemy of your country.
Islam is the enemy and the war on terrorism will only end when there are no more good moslems. (We can live with the bad moslems) Islam must be crushed or it will enslave all free people.
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