Hi y'all - much as I support the intent, I cannot bring myself to send money to the Democrats after the disgraceful Obama/McCain church interview. I'll keep my money and decide later whether to vote my conscience as I should, or vote for the lesser of two evils.
On Aug 30, 2:44 pm, stem cell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a link/article found on the Friendly Atheist site by Hemant > Mehta. > > > > Elizabeth Dole Attacks Senate Opponent for Meeting with Atheists > Posted by Hemant Mehta in General on 08 26th, 2008 | > > North Carolina Senator Elizabeth Dole and her communications staff put > out a press release today criticizing her Democratic challenger Kay > Hagan. > > What did Hagan do to deserve the criticism? > > She plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by atheists. > > On September 15th, Kay Hagan is heading to Boston, Massachusetts to > attend a fundraiser for her Senate campaign. What may surprise > mainstream North Carolinians is that the fundraiser will be in the > home of leading anti religion activists Wendy Kaminer and her lawyer > husband Woody Kaplan — who is an advisor to the “Godless Americans > Political Action Committee.” > > … > > Kaminer is also an advisory board member (Woody is the chairman) of > The Secular Coalition for America which is “the national lobby for > atheists, humanists, freethinkers and other nontheistic Americans with > the unique mission of protecting their civil rights.” (Secular > Coalition For America, Press Release, 1/16/08) > > Kaminer’s husband, Woody Kaplan, is also an advisor to the Godless > Americans Political Action Committee which sees itself as a counter- > force to religious groups in public policy debates. > > So, Republicans hate civil rights? > > In fact, the Dole people think protecting rights for all people would > horrify North Carolinians. > > You know why I say this? > > Because Dole’s campaign says it right in the press release: > > “Kay Hagan does not represent the values of this state; she is a > Trojan Horse for a long list of wacky left-wing outside groups bent on > policies that would horrify most North Carolinians if they knew about > it,” [Communications Director Dan] McLagan said. “This latest > revelation of support from anti-religion activists will not sit well > with the 90% of state residents who identify with a specific religious > faith.” > > Actually, I think most people of faith would be fine if minority > groups received equal rights. I don’t know of any atheist groups > asking for special rights. We just want to be treated fairly and we > don’t want to see religious groups getting privileges the rest of us > cannot get. > > Next, we’ll see the Dole campaign ripping on Hagan for “associating > with known Jews.” > > That makes equally as much sense as this press release. > > Chris Ray points out that North Carolinians aren’t as devout as the > Dole people would have us believe. > > According to The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, 20% of people in > the state attend a worship service “seldom or never.” > > Less than half the people in the state attend a weekly service. > > The fact that the Dole people are using Hagan’s mere association with > atheists as a point of attack on her says a lot more about how > desperate and crooked they are than it does anything about Hagan. > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > this is the first post by Hemant:http://friendlyatheist.com/4229/ elizabeth- > dole-attacks- senate- > opponent- > for-meeting- with-atheists/ > > This is today's posthttp://friendlyatheist.com/4272/ email-to- the-elizabeth- > dole- > campaign/ > > stemcell > > … --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
