Let's get Political

I am an Obama supporter. I could almost say that I have a crush on him... not in a romantic way at all. Kinda like when guys have man-crushes but they aren't gay, they just really admire a certain other dude. I like this dude. It has nothing to do with his race, although having a first black president would be a cool thing to witness in my life time. I like his promises. I say promises b/c he is a politician and it would be naive of me to believe he or anyone will do as they promised.
I am one of the many Americans ready for change. I am young. This is only my 2nd time voting for a president. The 1st time I voted for Bush. At the time I thought I was making the right decision. I was a conservative Christian. Or at least I was trying to be. I did lean a little more pro-choice but never told anyone. I am not a conservative nor a Christian anymore. I will get into that in another blog. What I do want to get out right now is the whole idea of "separation of church and state." I am definately going democrat this time around. I don't mind McCain all too much b/c he is a little more liberal than the others. But Huckabee makes my skin crawl. Even when I was a Christian I still understood that this country is very diverse and if I had a political view b/c of my religious views it would be unfair to push that on other people. Like the right to abortion and stem cell research. I get so ticked when people start touting "this country was founded on Biblical principles and our forefathers were Christians, blah, blah, blah..." Yes our money has "in God we trust" and our pledge of allegiance says "one nation under God" but doesn't anyone know that those things were ADDED in the middle of the 1900's? Unfortunately, I didn't even know. I remember a lot from school but not that. Did I ever know that or did I suspect it was there from the inception of their hosts? Did anyone know that a big handful of our founding fathers where NOT Christian? Shocker! Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison and more were only Deists (believe in a higher power but hold no religious institution) and even Thomas Paine was an atheist. I wish this kind of stuff could be taught in schools, not creationism. Now, onto what I was getting at. Has anyone seen Huckabee's speeches? He wants to change the constitution to meet his god's standards! Now my problem is pretty obvious... but what I think the American people that are voting for him should know is that as a politician he should know his American history and know that this country is not Christian (look up Treaty of Tripoli, article 11. Go on, look it up). What he is wanting to do is create a dictatorship. I wonder if this is what happened in the middle east. Did someone say "I am going to make this country abide by Allah's law". Hmmm, makes me wonder. Does anyone put these two together?

Religion has no place in politics. Period. It's a scary thing when it does. Take the ten commandments out of court rooms and schools. It isn't stopping people from committing crimes or keeping our kids out of trouble. By the way, unless you observe the sabbath along with the other 9, you should probably agree with me or you would be a big hypocrite... wouldn't ya? Ok, here's a compromise... put the 10 commandments up along with every other religious creed from every other faith practiced in America. Oh... that would be rediculous. Right.
Also, stop making people swear on a Bible, fine if you're a Christian but I'm scared what would happen to me being an atheist if I ever had to testify. Would my words immediately be considered rubbish b/c of my lack of belief?

I guess my point is that this country is founded on freedom... especially religious freedom. I will support anyone who grants that to me as an unbeliever and protects me. Christians think they are the ones persecuted in this country but let me tell ya... they aren't. Christians do most of the persecuting. I used to be one of them. I thought I was persecuted if a non-believer rejected me. But what the hell was I doing?
Keep your religious views in church and I will keep my infidel ways to myself, but force your beliefs on the rest of us then expect retaliation. Thank you!