ON THE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE, AND THE LEGISLATION OF MORALITY.

this, cats and kittens, is what i am talking about when i speak of the emerging fundamentalist pseudo-theocracy:

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the issue here is not secularism attacking christianity, it's vice versa. the whole beauty of america's separation of church and state is that YOU CAN WORSHIP WHATEVER YOU FEEL LIKE and NO ONE WILL FORCE YOU TO WORSHIP ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANNA. there's this weird sense of self-perceived persecution i hear from a lot of devout christians these days, and it baffles me. no one is telling you not to be christian. no one is trying to outlaw christianity or stop you from going to church or arrest you for praying.

it DOES appear, however, that there's a push from evangelical and fundamentalist voices to force christian beliefs on non-christians. it's entirely within your rights to believe that contraceptives are wrong, but denying contraceptives to a patient is overstepping your bounds. NO ONE is trying to mess with the snake handlers' right to handle poisonous snakes, but criminy, how is forcing everyone else to handle poisonous snakes the american way?