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Originally Posted by Inuzuka Skysword
The US isn't a democracy. It is a democratic-republic. Two very different things.
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Yeah well its really not in the context we're speaking about it. Don't speak to me as if I don't know what I'm talking about, if you want a boring "technical" and pedantic snooze fest you can have it. But you know what I mean and sticking to Websters to dodge a valid point is terrible.
Explain to me how government isn't the people? They can vote people out, they can vote people in and the only case you might have is Judicial appointees which thanks to the checks and balance system can be routed, so why do you continue to differentiate between the people and the government.
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Originally Posted by The Unfan
Homosexuality is odd in that its both more accepted now than ever and more hated now than ever. Stem Cell research speeding up depends on who gets in. I don't think McCain has any plan on investing in it. Censorship is about the same now as its ever been that I recall. Also, the bill that passed in Louisiana that allows teachers to teach intelligent design as fact and evolution as myth hints toward Christianity gaining more tempo in the education system.
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Well first of all, Bush put a ban on federal funding for Stem cell research, so thats the largest hurdle now and knowing McCain, its going to be lifted. He considers himself more science oriented, certainly less Christian, and if he's the conservative he says he is, he wouldn't but federal restrictions on things like that. Even Roe v. Wade is a states rights issue.
You can cite Louisiana and I can cite Pennsylvania. In 2004 or so, when the school committee in one PA district decided to teach evolution with creationism, the entire school committee was voted out of office. You're watching the ignorant get left behind. You're looking at die hards who've been thrown into office, who repeatedly claim to hate politics get crushed because after a decades worth of oppression, the moderate and sane-minded politicians have figured out how to beat these people.
The Christians were a clever and powerful group, but like the socialists and communists of the 1930's, they've produced nothing, and soon those who expected change from them will become disenfranchised. The nut-job jesus-freaks are sliding backwards. Mark my words.