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[BullNBear52]

religion has a whole lot to do with politics right now

Only with the extremists on either end of the ploticial spectrum imo.

There are a lot of things I disagree with when it comes to the Catholic Church and a few other religions as well for that matter.

People like Santorum, Graham Jr and the republicans are trying to bring religion back into the public square.

Senate Rejects Step Targeting Coverage of Contraception

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/us/politics/senate-kills-gop-bill-opposing-contraception-policy.html?_r=1&ref=politics

“The president is trampling on religious freedom,” said Senator Mike Johanns, Republican of Nebraska.

Fortunately there are still people like Snowe who understand.

One Republican, Senator Olympia J. Snowe of Maine, joined 48 Democrats and two independents in opposing the plan, days after she announced she was retiring from the Senate.


JFK got it right over 50 years ago and little Ricky is full of it.

While the so-called religious issue is necessarily and properly the chief topic here tonight, I want to emphasize from the outset that we have far more critical issues to face in the 1960 election:
•the spread of Communist influence, until it now festers 90 miles off the coast of Florida;


• the humiliating treatment of our president and vice president by those who no longer respect our power;


• the hungry children I saw in West Virginia; the old people who cannot pay their doctor bills;


•the families forced to give up their farms; an America with too many slums, with too few schools, and too late to the moon and outer space.
These are the real issues which should decide this campaign. And they are not religious issues — for war and hunger and ignorance and despair know no religious barriers.