And, of course, the Iraqi war hasn't helped anything either.
The thing is, that none of the above items can be argued as absolutes. The issues of abortion, JJ, and gay marriage can only really be argued from a religious standpoint, and to many, that can't hold water. While I personally don't give much credence to the Bush economic policy, I can't completely pooh-pooh it, because, for instance, supply-side economics has only been tried for a limited amount of time in the past -- maybe it can work, I just don't think so.
But, when you're in a time like we are now, where large parts of the country are fast becoming more religious while other large parts of the country are quickly secularizing, and we've had some bad times economically and each side has a different way of fixing things, you end up with a very polarized society.
That's what I don't understand.......were they always religious but were afraid [until now] to impose their values on the rest of us, or is it a new phenomenon?
Does that make any sense at all?
It makes sense to me! <g>
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