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'cause i'm an expert.

is it a gulag yet? indeed. a lot of the discussion on guantanamo and torture has been a little misdirected. a lot of people seem to think that the left is concerned with protecting terrorists when people of concience are really concerned with being certain that punishments are meted out to those who are certain to be terrorists. there seems to be an assumption that if a person ends up in custody, they're guilty. it just isn't true, and so i think everybody involved ought to be interested in sorting the guilty from the innocent. it serves our interests.

more on intelligent design.

"America's culture has been influenced by Christianity from the very beginning," Mr. Thompson said, "but there is an attempt to slowly remove every symbol of Christianity and religious faith in our country. This is a very dangerous movement because what will ultimately happen is, out of sight, out of mind."

ah ha! so there we have it! i think his prediction of the consequences is pretty ridiculous. but it is very telling. so, they want to keep christianity in government because they're afraid of losing ground to other religions? so, their motivation is indeed the promotion of religion. and that's exactly what the founding fathers DIDN'T want. further, he misrepresents the goals of the separation movement. the goal is to keep religion out of government institutions, decisions and what not. we are not concerned with the activities of churches and religious organizations. in fact, many are in fact religious. separation of church and state protects religions more than many realize. america is a land of vibrant faith. that is in a large part due to the spearation of church and state.