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bemildred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-10-11 01:40 PM
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10. Everything is fair game.
There are no taboos. That's what free speech is all about.
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  -Would we ever elect a Scientologist as President? NightWatcher  Oct-10-11 01:29 PM   #0 
  - L Ron Hubbard 2012  Kennah   Oct-10-11 01:31 PM   #1 
  - He's living under Disney World with Walt /nt  Drale   Oct-10-11 02:13 PM   #29 
  - I sure as shit hope not.  TheWraith   Oct-10-11 01:33 PM   #2 
  - I don't know  sharp_stick   Oct-10-11 01:46 PM   #17 
  - I don't think so.  Arugula Latte   Oct-10-11 01:58 PM   #20 
  - The "virgin birth" thing is actually a gross mistranslation.  TheWraith   Oct-10-11 02:48 PM   #38 
  - Right. Christianity co-opted and stole many of the myths of an earlier people.  Arugula Latte   Oct-10-11 02:52 PM   #39 
  - You're exactly right  customerserviceguy   Oct-10-11 03:07 PM   #42 
  - Really?...  awoke_in_2003   Oct-10-11 03:02 PM   #40 
  - All religions are equally silly  Taverner   Oct-10-11 01:34 PM   #3 
  - They are, in my opinion, too, but most Presidents have  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 01:37 PM   #8 
  - No, most Presidents CLAIM religious beliefs of some sort.  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-10-11 02:06 PM   #24 
     - You could well be correct. Too bad, that.  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 02:12 PM   #27 
  - ITA! Why wouldn't America vote for a Scientologist?  TheDebbieDee   Oct-10-11 02:03 PM   #21 
  - cult + time = respectable religion  yurbud   Oct-10-11 03:56 PM   #47 
  - One hopes not. nt  Codeine   Oct-10-11 01:36 PM   #4 
  - Only if they run against Xenu.  Lint Head   Oct-10-11 01:36 PM   #5 
  - xenu vs Kolob?  dbackjon   Oct-10-11 01:45 PM   #16 
  - I don't know. I would not knowingly vote for one, just as I would  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 01:36 PM   #6 
  - Obama opposes marriage equality because of religious belief  Bluenorthwest   Oct-10-11 02:04 PM   #22 
     - I do not know of a single Presidential candidate in my lifetime  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 02:11 PM   #26 
        - Edited  Bluenorthwest   Oct-10-11 02:31 PM   #34 
        - Inconsistent with your post about the other religion, that's all...  Bluenorthwest   Oct-10-11 02:42 PM   #36 
           - But I do take a stand on that issue, among many others.  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 02:46 PM   #37 
              - Well you were talking about 'single issue voting'  Bluenorthwest   Oct-10-11 03:55 PM   #46 
                 - The bottom line is that Presidential candidates all profess  MineralMan   Oct-10-11 06:44 PM   #49 
  - CNN is right  Enrique   Oct-10-11 01:37 PM   #7 
  - I would vote for a Mormon LONG before I'd vote for a $cientologist  XemaSab   Oct-10-11 01:39 PM   #9 
  - Everything is fair game.  bemildred   Oct-10-11 01:40 PM   #10 
  - Hell, we already had a Satanist as VP  KamaAina   Oct-10-11 01:44 PM   #11 
  - More truth than humor.  WinkyDink   Oct-10-11 01:45 PM   #15 
  - He could only be a Satanist if he worshipped himelf.  RaleighNCDUer   Oct-10-11 02:18 PM   #32 
  - I'd say four years before an Atheist is elected.  no_hypocrisy   Oct-10-11 01:44 PM   #12 
  - Not in this country.  demosincebirth   Oct-10-11 02:16 PM   #31 
  - If Obama's religion was and is fair game  malaise   Oct-10-11 01:45 PM   #13 
  - $cientology?  devilgrrl   Oct-10-11 01:45 PM   #14 
  - That's a great poll idea..  Puzzledtraveller   Oct-10-11 01:46 PM   #18 
  - No.  frogmarch   Oct-10-11 01:50 PM   #19 
  - I think what a Candidate believes is ABSOLUTELY fair game.  Warren DeMontague   Oct-10-11 02:04 PM   #23 
  - I agree  Johonny   Oct-10-11 03:09 PM   #43 
  - Politics is war by any other means. They made a stink about Obama's religion.  Selatius   Oct-10-11 02:07 PM   #25 
  - I doubt I'd vote for a Scientologist for President. A Pastafarian, however...  Buns_of_Fire   Oct-10-11 02:12 PM   #28 
  - Ramen  sakabatou   Oct-10-11 02:14 PM   #30 
  - If it was up to me only athiests would be permitted to hold public office.  bowens43   Oct-10-11 02:19 PM   #33 
  - Nope. Not ever.  McCamy Taylor   Oct-10-11 02:39 PM   #35 
  - I bet they would....  awoke_in_2003   Oct-10-11 03:05 PM   #41 
  - Americans typically vote against change as well as their best interest...  Larry Ogg   Oct-10-11 03:45 PM   #44 
  - I don't care what people believe in - as long as it doesn't affect their actions  aint_no_life_nowhere   Oct-10-11 03:51 PM   #45 
  - IMO  LatteLibertine   Oct-10-11 03:57 PM   #48 
 

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