[lizma]

but they could deign not to shove it down the throat of people who don't believe the same.

OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!! Since when did listening to someone respect their faith in God become the equivalent of "shove down their throats"

I feel like I'm in the internet "Twilight Zone". Signed on to Free Republic and ended up at the DU.

[Illbay]

This wasn't about the minister's faith in God, or should not have been.

It should have been about the minister's service to the legislators, and to the state of Maryland.

Of course, in our era of hyper-individualism, where we each think about ourselves, and what WE want to say first, it doesn't surprise me that a situation like this would be seen by certain types as an "opportunity" to create controversy.

[sauropod]

Yep.

[Marysecretary]

It does feel that way sometimes, doesn't it lizma?