Reply #35: More History. [View All]

[NeoLib 42]

This is a great quote. It appears in the Treaty of Tripoli which was first signed in Nov 1796. I just found this great site that shows quite a history proving that America is not, I repeat, NOT, a Christian nation.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer97/secular.html

As a Christian I am quite offended by the BushCo regime putting their words in the mouth of God and calling it absolute. This, of course, goes far beyond the shrub. Just follow the rotten stench of the Neocon agenda and anyone with two brain cells to rub together can see that they believe themselves to be even above Gods law. To those of us paying attention, we can see that they only invoke the name of God when the agenda calls for it. I seem to recall a commandment prohibiting the use of Gods name for vein purposes.

If they truly believed in moral values they would have introduced a parallel bill along side the Federal Marriage Amendment Act. Can anyone show any greater threat to the sanctity of marriage than divorce?

I do find it rather ironic that Jesus never mentions anything about homosexuality but does indeed talk about divorce several times.

Oops. I guess I went off on a bit of a rant. Anyway, thank you, Stevie, for this quote. And thanks to everyone else posting on this subject.

This is my very first post at DU. I've been reading for about a year and finally decided to write something.