Reply #78: Um

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Dividing up into little groups to celebrate our individual practice of faith is, well, divisive. The OWS protests are about economic parity, not Ecumenism. That's why its so hard to get liberals to pull together. They always bring their own pet cause with them instead of putting aside differences to pull together on one issue.

In case you haven't noticed, the involvement of religion in government is a serious problem in this country. One of the cornerstones of that damaging ideology is that religion should have a free hand to involve itself whenever it wants on the name of "first amendment freedom" and government is precluded from interference on those same grounds. You just made the fundy right wing's case for them.

OWS is a political action. It is the citizens of the United States exercising their First Amendment right to gather together and demand a redress of greviences. Religion simply has no place there.

Would you like to see Haliburton or Exxon there feeding people and giving away tee shirts? Or let's make it easier if you want. What if a Fundy megachurch decided there was money to be made supporting OWS? Would you want to see them there?

It isn't about faith or gender or sexual orientation or disabilities or any other identity politics issue. Its about the equitable distribution of national recources. It's about money. And anybody that shows up there in any capacity other than that of a citizen of this country is there to get a cut for his or her special interest organization. And those are the people, I don't care who they are, who are ruining this country.