Politics...revealed

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:20 pm

What's the general opinion in the US, as of now? Is there a lot of people leaning towards one person, or is it still mostly just split up between them?

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:22 pm

Well, Michigan just had their primary, and Hill ran unopposed on the Dem side so that's a bad bellweather. The GOP is anybody's guess.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:25 pm

Okay, thanks.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:25 pm

Okay, thanks.

Monroe · Post by **Monroe** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:03 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yG_8CigCCc

That's creepy, changing the Constitution to fit the bible. But God's law changes over time..

Jordanis · Post by **Jordanis** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:25 am

Mikey wrote:Well, Michigan just had their primary, and Hill ran unopposed on the Dem side so that's a bad bellweather. The GOP is anybody's guess.

Yeah, and she still nearly got beat by 'undecided', even when she's the only one campaigning.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 2:55 pm

That was great! To be fair, though, I think Michigan is "undecided's" home state.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:34 pm

That's creepy, changing the Constitution to fit the bible.

Uh, doesn't the constitution strictly forbid the government having anything to do with religion?
Granted, that's not exactly stopped them before, but still...

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:50 pm

Well it also says we can't invade another nation without reason or arrest people without cause or trial. Nice to see us sticking so close to it these days. Not that we ever really did.

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:58 pm

Uh, doesn't the constitution strictly forbid the government having anything to do with religion?

Well, it forbids Congress from passing any law "respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." So any law which infringes upon religious freedom or tries to establish a state church is thus unconstitutional...but laws based on religious morals, or influenced by religious ideas or faith, are perfectly legal, according to the Constitution.

The idea of a strict "separation of Church and State" which means that any law which is religious in origin or based on religious ideas is bad or unlawful, is nowhere found in the Constitution, and is actually quite a recent idea...

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:07 pm

In fact, many states or municipalities have "blue laws," which are in fact based on Puritanical sentiments (and are often archaic) - e.g., can't sell alcohol on a Sunday, can't do mechanical work on your car in public view on a Sunday, etc.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:34 pm

You can't buy alcohol on Sundays? Or fix your car?

I can get the alcohol one, but why aren't you able to fix your car?

Captain Peabody · Post by **Captain Peabody** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:50 pm

Well, the Puritans were a bit on the nutty side...

Reliant121 · Post by **Reliant121** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:52 pm

We have a Equivalent. It's the Monster Raving Looney party.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:43 pm

Well, those Blue Laws are generally only municipal or county regulations, and vary from area to area. I tell you, though, the first time I took a day trip to Pennsylvania and went to liquor store to find it closed, that threw me for a loop.