...and NO! I’m not gonna post her picture.
Perhaps we will be spared the photos this morning.
So if I say that Helen Thomas is the devil, can we keep her out of politics?
This is one time when I have to agree with her re: keep religion out of politics
I think we should keep Helen out of politics.
Have you noticed the good number of conservatives siding with Helen on this issue (Noonan, Lowry, etc.)?
I guess they are right to a certain extent ... but an argument can be made that, to the extent that faith needs to be separated from politics, good men should stay out of politics. What truly faithful man puts his country above his God?
I know it's retarded to find flaws in the idiot's "logic" - but let me get that straight Helen: Beliefs are important enough to hold and guide one's life, but not necessary to defend? Stupid old turd.
No, let's not. By "religion in politics", left-wingers usually mean "conservative positions on social issues". This is a call by Helen Thomas to basically eliminate conservative positions on abortion, gay issues, sex education, and a host of other social issues from being allowed for consideration. I resist that call, and in fact think it's time for the GOP to give full due to the social issues and win back the Reagan Democrats. It's just a shame that there are so many so-called "conservatives" on Free Republic whose thinking is identical to Helen Thomas'.
I don’t know about that, but they sure took the “I” out of religion.
Can we see an article to keep Helen Thomas off of the Free Republic? Good Lord, that is one ugly woman.Inside and out.
Looks like somebody at the Sac Bee needs a friggin’ dictionary.
Depends on what you mean by a "secular nation". If it is the defintion actually demonstrated by the Founders - that no one group would be established, no group would have primacy, all groups have freedom to worship as they see fit, and the laws of the land, while being on a general Judeo-Christian foundation, would not be particular to any one sect - then yes, this country was founded as a secular nation.
It by "secular nation" you mean the view held by left-wingers, Communists, and a goodly share of faux-conservatives here on Free Republic - that religion is forbidden from the public square, religion must be kept only in the home and church, no candidate or elected official can or should operate from a "religious" position or worldview, otherwise they are "violating the separation of church and state" and "using a religious test, which we all know the Constitution forbids" - then no, the Founders had no such thing in mind, by their own words.
Wrong. They established a government that is not allowed to interfere in the religion(s) of the people.
They did not found a secular nation by any means. In fact they prohibited the government from forcing the nation to be secular.
Let's rejoice that the founding fathers established a secular nation and that no one has to publicly defend his or her beliefs.
No one has to defend their beliefs. However, voters are under no obligation not to ask about a candidate's beliefs or to not vote based on their own beliefs.
The restrictions are only on the government not interfering with the religion of the people.
I say, to each his own. Let's rejoice that the founding fathers established a secular nation and that no one has to publicly defend his or her beliefs.
To each there own unless it doesn't square with your particular political philosophy you mean.
