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Posted by josef on 11/12/2008, 5:06 pm, in reply to "Re: My Great- Aunt Sybil"
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: Yes, there are good-hearted people in every
: faith and tradition. At the same time--from
: a social justice perspective--we are all of
: us responsible for what we aid or abet,
: silently or explicitly.
:
: Fundamentalist religion is a toxic,
: corrosive element in America today.
: Examples of this are everywhere, the most
: recent being the Mormon Church's efforts in
: rolling back social equality for lesbians
: and gay men in California--as evidenced by
: the church's spearheading of the
: recently-passed Proposition 8. Any Mormon
: who did not speak out against their church's
: involvement in that issue is partially to
: blame for the resulting travesty of justice.
Like my Great-Aunt Sybil, people of good heart and good will live by their beliefs but don't try to impose them on others. This country was founded on the principle of religious freedom; the Christians who try to impose their beliefs as law are treading on dangerous ground. They also seem to have a deaf ear to Jesus' words: "Judge not". It's strange to hear the most 'religiou' people being the most hateful and judgemental.
Ah, well, we dodged the bullet this year. Religious freedom is alive and well in the U.S.
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