Oh, Tom - there you go with your (wet) blanket statements again...

To paraphrase:

I find it amusing that so many rightists are terrified of the State ruling their lives (except, of course, when they control it) yet profess no equivalent fear of the Church doing so. Perhaps they think priests, unlike politicians, are above corruption? In which case, I refer them to the Archdiocese of Greater Boston. Perhaps they can only hear and obey common-sense rules for living with and respecting one's fellow humans if they come from the Mouth of God? (implicit in that, of course, is that it must be their God, all others being false and their poor misguided worshippers damned).

I will give you this: Like you, I would rather have neither. In a perfect world, neither would be necessary, but this ain't no perfect world, nor will it ever be as long as it's populated by humans.

I also agree that it's a pitiful state of affairs that so many voter's decisions are based upon a single issue, such as a woman's right to choose whether or not she remains pregnant. I suspect you may even agree with me that because the two major parties have so little difference left between them, voters who care at all (as opposed to 'party lever' voters) are left nothing else which which to differentiate.

It was those Deistic non-deities, the Founding Fathers, who gave us the non-establishment clause in the First Amendment; you may even recall why, from your study of Evil White Men's history. It was rightist politicians who gave America the closest thing in its history to the Inquisition: The House Unamerican Activities Committee.

Sauce for the goose...

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