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To: gohabsgo
1. Sensitivity to all, EXCEPT THE 80% OF AMERICANS WHO CONSIDER THEMSELVES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH and BELIEVE IN GOD.

Good point with the exception that "God Bless America" isn't "Jesus Bless America." Therefore it applies to Jews, Christians and MANY other faiths. So 80% might be too low a number. Jews should be offended by this too.

She probably quit reading your response as soon as she hit the word "liberal." Either that or "Marxist."

30 posted on 03/11/2002 6:31:05 AM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
Good point with the exception that "God Bless America" isn't "Jesus Bless America." Therefore it applies to Jews, Christians and MANY other faiths. So 80% might be too low a number. Jews should be offended by this too.

Yep, especially since the composer of 'God Bless America' was a Jew, Irving Berlin, who donated all the royalties from its performance to the

Boy Scouts of America and the Girls Scouts of America

See the Kate Smith Commemorative Society.
45 posted on 03/11/2002 7:49:13 AM PST by Mike Fieschko
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