While the North Carolina House of Representatives has finally killed the bill to allow the state to establish a state religion, a new study found that 34 percent of adults would favor establishing Christianity as the official state religion. While 47 percent opposed the establishment of state religion, it was less than a majority.
Another 11 percent thought that the Constitution allowed for the establishment of an official religion. Thus, they are entirely unaware of the workings of the first amendment or the prior rulings of the Supreme Court.
Republicans were the most likely to favor the establishment of a state religion with 55 percent favoring it in their own state and 46 percent favoring a national constitutional amendment.
While the poll reportedly included 1000 people (a sizable group), I still want to believe that it is skewed and that most people recognize the danger of religious-based government in a world torn apart of sectarian violence. Even if these people lack knowledge of the Constitution, they are given a daily lesson on the dangers of state-sponsored religion in their newspapers and news broadcasts. For those advocating such a change, they leave us with the chilling view that, for some, the problem with abusive theocratic regimes like Iran is simply the disagreement with the choice of the religion.
Source: HuffPost
Elaine,
Only if the kitchen was a kite … which is possible if one is baking a certain type of brownies.
raff,
They’re so cute at that age, but the fun and games is over when they’re full grown and knocking down city walls and turning people’s wives into pillars of salt.
Apparently someone upset the applecart so to say….. It’s great when ones where about s can be verified by 10 others…. Then again some will go out of their way to make misery where no exists….. Just for attention….
I think you are right Elaine!
raf,
lol … perfect and much better than mine which was
masochism – to be smitten by smite
rafflaw,
Is a mitten, then, a little mite?
😉
Blouise,
A smitten is a little smite! 🙂
Guardian of Truth apparently has unmet needs that are causing him to have an attitude problem. I have it on good authority that misogynists make lousy lovers.
Sorry old chap. Unfortunately, your attitude will not help you get laid. Or truly loved by a woman. On the contrary, you are doomed to a sad lonely life to go along with your empty soul.
I don’t think you understand the word “panicked” either, Bob. However, if you keep trying to make this about me personally (“threatened” “panicked” – pure ad hominem -as deflection another propaganda technique) instead of about my criticism of your sh*t argumentation and inability to effectively deploy propaganda techniques without being painfully transparent (including your really weak attempt at deflection you’re currently engaging in), I’m going to hurt myself.
Laughing.
I don’t panic over jokes and so far you’ve proven your argument on this matter to be a humorously awful exercise in logical fallacies.
But you keep telling yourself you’re all big and bad on the argumentation front.
That just gets funnier every time you mention it.
To be clear, I don’t care about your opinion of me. I do care that you’re engaging in dishonest methodology for arguing for your case. Again:
“You’re still using words that are meant to belittle or demonize your opposition, You’re still steering the conversation towards what YOU want to talk about, which is how bad people who want [weaker] regulations than you are. You’re still doing things in a way that upsets people who disagree with you and puts them on the defensive. That’s a very poor tactic to bring people to your side.”
You aren’t winning any converts, Bob. If anything, you’re demonstrating that you can’t make your arguments without resorting to trickery like appeals to emotion (and not very well either I might add).
And I find that really, really funny.
Between you and G.Mason you’re illustrating my precise points that the gun debate in general – as it has in this very thread – has degenerated into a bunch of extremists name calling instead of addressing practical solutions.
Napoleon famously said, “I never stand in the way of an opponent making a mistake.”
Neither do I.
Carry on.
raf,
I could do a bit of Word play on smite and smitten. 😉
SwM,
Yep.
Gene,
Will do.
Gene,
Don’t act like a panicked person, and I won’t think you are one. You can’t stop, can you? Try letting go.
You’re pretty damned cute, yourself, you know.
Bob,
You mistake amusement at your crap deployment of weak argumentation and even worse deployment of inherently dishonest propaganda techniques as me somehow feeling threatened.
That’s doubly adorable.
I’ll tell ya what: you keep making dishonest arguments with logical errors and (poorly) using propaganda techniques and I’ll keep pointing it out. M’kay? Not because I’m “threatened”. Because I find it funny.
You keep telling yourself you’re some kind of argumentation juggernaut that has me quaking in my boots.
That’s just hysterical.
GoT,
We do have a very few rules. Physical threats are not acceptable here. If you don’t like being told you’re in danger of violating one of the rules, that would be your problem. If you wish to cross it and learn the consequences of breaking that rule, that’s a risk you assume now that you’ve been put on notice such behavior is unacceptable.
Gene H.,
These are words on a computer monitor. I see no reason why you should feel so threatened, that you lash out at TonyC. and me.
No one’s going to hurt you.
If your lack of confidence leads you to frantically refer to my arguments as “bullshit” and “dishonest,” I’ll be, first, surprised (which I was; “What, no self-control?”), then amused, and I’ll probably make fun of you. You’re feeding it.
Whatever happened to, “OK, we don’t agree. That’s how you feel about it”?
If, on the other hand, you keep casting aspersions, you’ll probably just get more and more frustrated, until I get bored with it.
You could just relax, and take a nap. Works well, for me.
I have no preference. How you spend your time and energy is your call.
Blouise/Smom,
I’ve captured the original comment and logged it. If GoT makes any more threatening comments, be sure to let me or one of the other GBs know.
No threats have been made. If it makes you feel good to threaten one its between you and your God.
http://jonathanturley.org/2013/02/09/the-most-important-human-rights-issue-women/ The post Blouise copied was from this thread. It was posted after I made two comments.
Guardian of Truth,
Physical threats against others are not acceptable here.
Do so again at your own risk.