Archive for December 9, 2007

A Thought for Today #3

Posted in Current Events by John E. Pannell on December 9th, 2007 at 11:27 pm

I’m going to step in dangerous territory here.    I need to get this off my chest.   This is mainly aimed at some voters and partisans in the Republican party and some members of “The Media”.   Those not interested in politics should skip this post.

Why are the religious beliefs of a certain presidential candidate an issue?   More than a dozen members of this religion serve in the US Congress, including the Senate Majority leader, and there has been no problems or controversy because of their religious beliefs.   I thought we settled this in 1960 when the Roman Catholic JFK was elected president.

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