I am not a religious man. I believe in a higher being, not sure what or who it is. But I believe in the concept of this country. I have taken the oath of an office in the Navy, I have taken the oath of a Notary Public; I would never violate either, I don’t need to be religious to believe that my oath is sacred because I took them for my country.
I too have taken the oath of office and share your point of view on that.
Opinions are like belly buttons... everybody has one, and like Rush said the other day, not everyone's opinion is valid because many of them are just wrong!!!
However, I really don't think Mr. Robinson is too quick to condemn/reject or eject FReeper's opinions as long as they remain opinions expressed in fundamentally civil manners without seeing anyone being beat over the head with one competing point of view.
I'm sure he'll correct me if he feels, rather thinks what I said here is wrong. It would then be wrong for me to be touchy, or thin skinned about his expressing his wish that within reason, we all can come here as conservatives and share our fundamental beliefs, religious or political.
I've been a ham radio operator for years and they have an unwritten rule forbidding the discussion of religion or politics because the airwaves know no national boundaries and no one wants it to become like Citizen's Band became in the 1970's, 10-4??? (grin)