Comments on political society

Conservatives astound me. Especially conservative politicians. I see them on the tv, bragging about their patriotism, about how they love their country and everything that it stands for. "If you don't like the United States," they seem to say, "then get the hell out."IMHO, they should get the hell out.The United States was founded by people who left Europe, especially England, to escape a government that based its laws on what the Church deemed right or wrong. England's monarchs had been doing that since the time of Henry VIII-- twisting religious doctrine in order to justify their own aims. Example: the Church of England was established so that Henry VIII could divorice Catherine and marry Anne Boylen. He continued to do so divorcing or beheading women so he could marry another whenever he got another erection.Recognizing this, our Founding Fathers established a SEPERATION of Church and State. Consider the First Amendment, which reads "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof . . ." In a letter to the Virginia Baptists in 1808, Thomas Jefferson wrote:
We have solved, by fair experiment, the great and interesting question whether freedom of religion is compatible with order in government and obedience to the laws. And we have experienced the quiet as well as the comfort which results from leaving every one to profess freely and openly those principles of religion which are the inductions of his own reason and the serious convictions of his own inquiries."Fastforward to 2008, where we have politicians openly announcing that the reasoning for making these laws comes straight from the Bible. Consider a quote from John McCain: "I think the number one issue people should make [in the] selection of the President of the United States is, 'Will this person carry on in the Judeo Christian principled tradition that has made this nation the greatest experiment in the history of mankind?' "Hmm, Mr. McCain, but the country was founded on the principle that ALL religions would be welcomed equally and that NO ONE would be prohibited from any office because of their religion (Article 6 of the Constitution, John, You should be able to quote this document if you wanted to give four years enacting it). Also, your use of the word "experiment" is quite fitting. Experiments require a variety of test subjects. Limiting the president to only a "Judeo Christian" would make this experiement rather exclusive and not very effective, wouldn't ya say? Don't even get me STARTED on the abortion issue.In conclusion, lets face it. Most of the morals that we live by come from the way that we were brought up, and that includes religion or the lack thereof. Religion will influence how we make decisions, however subconciously. But that is a decidedly different thing than creating laws knowing that it will interfere with one's beliefs or practices.Love me. Hate Me. Comment me.