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There can be no honest, democratic debate where one side's argument is "God says we are right and you are wrong." That's theocracy, not democracy. That was the vision of the Taliban, not the vision of the founding fathers.
When a group claims God as it's own, and some text written by man as the having the authority of God, there is no longer any reason to continue talking.
There is a dirty alliance between the Republicans and the Christian conservatives, the Repubs get power (and wealth), the Christians get their religious imprint on the United States government.
That's precisely opposed to how a secular democracy should work. We should speak out against this, not be resigned that "it's just the way it is."
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We will stay the course. [8/30/06]
We will stay the course, we will complete the job in Iraq. [8/4/05]
We will stay the course *** We’re just going to stay the course. [12/15/03]
And my message today to those in Iraq is: We’ll stay the course. [4/13/04]
And that’s why we’re going to stay the course in Iraq. [4/16/04]
And so we’ve got tough action in Iraq. But we will stay the course. [4/5/04]
Well, hey, listen, we’ve never been “stay the course” [10/21/06]
--- George W. Bush, President of the United States of America
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