No, I want to go back to persecution. It is persecution because you would be trying to carry out the wishes of the boss /as you understand them./ Not necessarily as I see those wishes. Therefore by supporting legislation that affects the population as a whole, you are imposing your beliefs upon me, against my will. I may have the equally valid belief that the boss upstairs wants us all to accept guidance, but ultimately make decisions for ourselves (and of course take responsibility for those decisions). Someone with such beliefs would only support legislation that would make decisions such as birth control, abortion, etc. completely up to each individual, her conscience, and her relationship with the boss.

~sigh~ I swore I would never get involved in a political or religious discussion. My apologies.

On 03/13/2016 09:53 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Nevermind the persecution thing, I didn’t fully read your post properly.
*From:* Chuck McCown <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 10:50 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan
If I have a strong feeling that the guy in the sky that created all of us hates the murder of babies, yes I will try to stop that via legislation. How is that persecution? Just trying to carry out the wishes of the boss. He has promised me a pretty nice apartment if I give it a good try.
Persecution?
*From:* Josh Reynolds <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 10:46 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan

So you wish to force your religious beliefs on others via legislation, in a country created to escape persecution from religion?

On Mar 13, 2016 11:38 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

    Here is why a churches need to be involved with reproductive care,
    contraception, or abortion.
    If you believe there is a God, Creator, Savior etc.
    >Then if you believe that entity cares about these things (listed
    above).
    >>Then if you believe that the mind of that entity has
    communicated its wishes with man.
    >>>Then if you believe that those wishes are contained in doctrine
    of churches or bodies of scripture.
    >>>>Then the church and its doctrine trumps all laws of man.
    The church needs to be involved in all facets of life.  If you
    believe the above.
    You can claim to be agnostic or atheistic but a smart person
    should hedge their bets against actually not knowing that they are
    totally right about that. Could be that every time you eat
    spaghetti you are committing a mortal sin.  Could be.
    For me and mine, I will take my particular flavor of Christianity
    and do my thing, while you do your thing.
    But if I have an opportunity to legislate away things I consider
    mortal sins, I will try.
    *From:* Josh Reynolds <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:54 PM
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan

    Why does any church need to be involved with reproductive care,
    contraception, or abortion?

    Those are medical issues.

    On Mar 13, 2016 6:48 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller"
    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

        Actually, my belief is here in the deep south we have a church
        on every corner.  Let the churches handle it....they are more
        than capable.
        My tax dollars aren't needed for this. (or many other things)

            ----- Original Message -----
            *From:* Ken Hohhof <mailto:[email protected]>
            *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
            *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 6:18 PM
            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan
            What many people who lose sleep over Planned Parenthood
are actually upset about is they offer birth control. Some people obsess about poor people having sex without
            the punishment of getting pregnant.  See this if you forgot:
            
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh%E2%80%93Sandra_Fluke_controversy
            I don’t understand how you can be extremely anti-abortion
            yet also extremely anti-contraception.  Less unwanted
            pregnancies = less abortions.  Which is the lesser evil?
            I think it comes down to some people are obsessed with
            sex, especially “other” people having sex. #nosyneighbors
            #getalife
            *From:* Josh Reynolds <mailto:[email protected]>
            *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 5:48 PM
            *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan

            Did you research that video? You should. It's not what you
            think.

            On Mar 13, 2016 5:41 PM, "CBB - Jay Fuller"
            <[email protected]
            <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                Yah, i'm kind of like Chuck here.
                I don't care about gay marriage.  I'm not gay, I know
                a handful of gay people.  Not my cup of tea but the
                government doesn't have any right telling them what
                they can or can't do.
                Same with adoption for a gay couple - shut up gov'mt.
                Now, I'm not so sure on that. When I was growing up
                there were few gay couples who had "come out" and we
                thought if the girl had a different last name than her
                mommy we thought that was odd. Quite a bit different
                now but it could still screw with a kids head in terms
                of "traditional marriage".
                It would be hard to NOT state that traditional
                marriage has gone to hell in this country.  But then
                again, so many "traditional" things have gone to
                hell.  How many women stay at home and take care of
                the family while dad goes to work?
                I am in favor of defunding planned parenthood.  The
                videos pretty much got to me.  It's MY TAX DOLLARS.
                Defund it.  There are plenty of other
                non-government-funded entities who can do that work.
                Any tax is bad :)
                I'm going to stop there, i will get in trouble... lol

                    ----- Original Message -----
                    *From:* Josh Reynolds <mailto:[email protected]>
                    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
                    *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 5:02 PM
                    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Paul Ryan

                    His stances:
                    Gay marriage is wrong
                    He doesn't support adoption for a gay couple
                    Defund planned parenthood
                    Raising corporate tax is bad
                    Voted yes for more sentencing and prosecution for
                    juveniles.
                    Wants to drill in ANWR
                    Voted no on tax credits for renewable energy.
                    Voted no on 4 weeks paid parental leave for
                    federal employees.
                    Votes for PATRIOT act over and over
                    Voted to allow warantless electronic surveillance
                    against us citizens
                    Denied additional funding that would provide
                    expanded child healthcare
                    "Let's build a fence!"
                    Voted NO on reporting / deporting illegal
                    immigrants who received hospital treatment

                    Etc. A few things I like him on, but mostly he's a
                    "nope" for me.

                    On Mar 13, 2016 4:46 PM, "Ken Hohhof"
                    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

                        Hey, I said I liked him.  Just not full on man
                        crush.
                        I didn’t see how his math added up for the
                        budgets he proposed. There were some missing
                        pages where magic happened to balance the
                        budget. Seemed like the same old voodoo economics.
So “man crush”, is that like Trump and Putin? At least Putin is supposedly an 8th degree
                        black belt. He would probably take care of the
                        protester himself.  If Trump thinks he can
                        bully the Putins of the world, I’m not so
                        sure. I think McCain could take him in a fair
fight. Hell, Bernie could probably take him. I was never fond of Nixon, but the photo of
                        the “kitchen debate” with Khrushchev is a
                        treasure.
                        
http://spectator.org/articles/41740/how-handle-bully-nixon-vs-khrushchev
                        *From:* CBB - Jay Fuller
                        <mailto:[email protected]>
                        *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 4:19 PM
                        *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
                        *Subject:* [AFMUG] Paul Ryan
                        I have actually followed Paul Ryan since the
first time he appeared on the national stage. Very impressed with him. Could almost call
                        him my "man crush".   I'd be interested in
                        hearing what you do not like about him Ken.

                            ----- Original Message -----
                            *From:* Ken Hohhof <mailto:[email protected]>
                            *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
                            *Sent:* Sunday, March 13, 2016 2:04 PM
                            *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's
                            Supporters Love Him Even More AfterChicago
                            Violence
                            I think the "establishment" is missing why
                            people are fed up with them, I'm
not convinced it's about left or right. If I had to single out one person
                            as the poster boy for why the
                            establishment has failed us, it would be
                            Mitch
                            McConnell. All 4 leaders in Congress have
                            only been worried about their own
                            power and re-election, but McConnell is
                            the worst of a bad bunch.

                            I don't agree with Paul Ryan's economics
                            or some of his politics, but I like
                            what he has said since being elected
                            Speaker.  I would like to see if they
                            are just words, or if he would translate
                            them into actions. I don't think
                            we will get to find out, election politics
                            seem to have rendered him
                            irrelevant. And Mitch the Turtle would
                            have to be replaced with someone
                            actually interested in governing.  I
                            wonder what conservative goals could
                            have been accomplished in the 7 years
                            Mitch has spent trying to make Obama
fail no matter how much damage it causes. Tort reform? Modifications to
                            Obamacare? Fix sequestration? Tax reform?
                            Immigration reform?  Mitch
                            doesn't care. Mitch cares about Mitch.
                            That's the problem with the
                            establishment, they spend all their effort
                            on getting elected and staying in
                            power, they don't even pretend to do their
                            job. And let me be clear, I'm
                            not saying Pelosi, Reid and Boehner were
                            much better, it's just McConnell is
                            the most blatant hack of the bunch, every
                            time I see him on TV I feel he is
                            giving me the finger.

                            I am probably fooling myself that Paul
                            Ryan would be different, but I don't
                            think we'll find out.


                            -----Original Message-----
                            From: Bill Prince
                            Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2016 1:40 PM
                            To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
                            Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Donald Trump's
                            Supporters Love Him Even More After
                            Chicago Violence

                            IMO, Obama moved right, and the
                            Republicans moved further to the right.

                            bp
                            <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>

                            On 3/13/2016 6:01 AM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
                            > Obama moved right as much as the
                            Republicans moved left. Everybody's idea
                            > of compromise these days is you come to
                            where I am and I'll make a deal.

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