dan warna said:
bush links well with American morons
the whole 'morals' debate is subjective, bush's morality is based on penticostal 'born again' philosophy which teachs creationism, literal interpretations of the bible (Where appropriate for their philosophy), ignores contrasts, and refuses to debate or discuss issues when in conflict with their 'universe'.
I believe an America whose philosophy, foreign relations and policy is dictated by the penticostal churches is as dangerous as say an iran dictated to by the ayatollahs with nukes...
For once i agree with you.
The thing which bothers me is not so much the morals themselves, but the idea that when you're voting for a candidates religous beliefs, you're effectively voting for a theocracy.
Protection of the rights of an individual and limitation of the powers of the state are what differentiates western democracy from mob rule. The problem I have with Bush's policies on things like gay marriage is that its effectively putting the christian perspective ahead of the rights of an individual which is just downright wrong. In liberal democracy, the political system and individual rights of an individual are what is sacrosanct, not one particular religion.
Lets assume that the majority of Americans hold religious beliefs and that the majority of americans want the tenets of those beliefs protected (as the anti-gay marriage stance would appear to indicate).
So I'd say it would follow that an anti-blasphemy law would also have a fair chance of public support. Now if, Bush thought that god wanted him to, eg, suspend free speech guarantees to allow blasphemers to be publically flogged, the fact that free speech is another cornerstone of liberal democracy would mean nothing besides god's will right?
As I said, that creeps me out a lot, its no different from the brutal, primitive excesses that islamic law embodies.