Where did the world go wrong?

It is gay pride week, please dont take this the wrong way, this is not an attack on alternative lifestlyes. Any way the newly rebuilt 35w bridge (the one that fell into the river killing 13 people) was lite up in rainbow colors to mark the occasion. I am sure many took offense to this based on disaproval of the life style. I believe that is amplified by the fact that the whole sight is considered a memorial to those that where lost. What angers me is that someone got permission from some government agency that approved the display knowing some would take offense and this is just fine, but let me try to get approval to project a cross on the brige at easter time and I would be turned down because it would be seen as the government sponsoring a religion, and that might offend someone. So acknowleging (on government property) what a couple of dudes (maybe 5% of the population)do in bed is ok, acknowleging a god, whom well over 50% of our population believe in is a no-no. how did we get here, or am I the only one that is worried about this. There does not seem to be any local back lash to this.

It was that left turn at Albuquerque.

on TV last night was a commercial for Blacksingles.com, now can you imagine the cry babies if it was whitesingles.com WTF? let them fckrs keep crying wolf, tables will turn again

I wish the Gays had the right to just SHUT UP and keep to themselves instead of throwing it in everyone's face. Kinda like jet skis nobody is impressed nobody wants them around.

Go ahead Brother "FOOT"

The rest of the developed world is way more liberal on all these topics than america, we are in fact considered prudes and puritanical. The other side of the isle is the muslim sharia law run states where the woman have to cover themselves head to do and if you dont pray in the right direction when they tell you to someone is gonna get caned. I for one think we strike a pretty decent balance. This country was founded on seperation of church and state.. under god. One of the main reasons for the government to exist is to protect your freedom to worship whatever and however you want and that simply cant' be done if the governement shows any preference for any religion. Regardless of whether it is practiced by the majority of the country, or founding fathers or premium inboard boat owners. Now as far as blacks, gays, jews, puerto ricans, women, iowans, arabs, chinese, or whatever groups getting a permit and putting up some decorations on public propery .. I can't complain when I regularly do the same to advertize for an irish fest, or st patricks day parade.

If we are so sophisticated why is it that I can push a button on my TV and get any channel in Spanish but I can't get the Spanish channel in English?

I feel sorry for the good peps in Minnesotta that they have to look at this as they drive by. It is the fking liberal bstrds being trying to seperate God and state for ever. They go ahead and live that style, but it is unaccepted to man upstairs. God did not create Bill and d*ck to slam meat and not create life. He created a man and a women for a reason. God help there souls.

"Congess shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof...."
The ACLU and the courts have done a pretty good job of prohibiting the free exercise of Christianity.

jimsport93 wrote: "Congess shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise therof...." The ACLU and the courts have done a pretty good job of prohibiting the free exercise of Christianity.

You beat me to it. The phrase "seperation of church and state" came from a decision by Judge Hugo Black (democrat) in 1947 based on a reference to a letter written by Thomas Jefferson in 1802, a full 40 myears after the constitution was founded. Jeffersons interpretation of the "wall " between church and state put the wall between the federal governmnet and the state/ Churches, not local government. The founders were upset at the power and persacution the resulted from the ties betwewen the Church of England and the government. As we know power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutly. As the above quote from the constitution illustrates the founders did not say anything about religion influencing politics, they only referenced Government establishing (Dictating) a religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of a religion. (Like banning a religious symbol or prayer on government property.)

Morfoot wrote: As a Christian I know what I believe......and it may open another HUGE can of worms and I'm sure Phosphor will pipe up but it is the fact that we've have pushed God out of so many things that this country was founded upon... Holiday Trees, Winter Concerts, Holiday Wrapping etc...

Been a while. Checked this site out today and I came across this post. WOW. You are really talking out your arse. You really have no idea what your talking about, just bringing your blind faith into it and a way for you to proselytize. Try and do some independent research. I know you don't have much of an open mind but give it a shot. Less than 1% of the prison population are atheists. 70% are Christian! Look at the most secular countries in the world and you will notice that they have MUCH lower crime rates.

According to the United Nations’ Human Development Report (2005), the most atheistic societies—countries like Norway, Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the Netherlands, Denmark, and the United Kingdom—are actually the healthiest, as indicated by measures of life expectancy, adult literacy, per-capita income, educational attainment, gender equality, homicide rate, and infant mortality. Conversely, the fifty nations now ranked lowest by the UN in terms of human development are unwaveringly religious.

How about education?