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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim S who wrote (3201)	4/27/2000 2:20:00 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

>>Be truthful now, Karen -- you aren't worried about the Right taking those away from you, you are worried about not being able to take those rights away from us. << The truth, as I see it, is that both the far left and the far right want to impose their values, through law, on everyone else. The far right flies the freedom banner when they mean freedom for them at the expense of everyone else. Sounds pretty hypocritical to me. At least the left acknowledges that they're do-gooders and don't make any bones about it. In fairness, maybe so many on the far right are so absorbed in their religion that they really don't understand how much they hurt people who don't believe as they do. Maybe their way of life seems so natural to them that they don't see why it would be intrusive to their fellow citizens. Or maybe they're so engrossed in their religion that they want to overthrow freedom of religion and turn this into a Christian country. Freedom for everyone to practice the far right's choice of religion. I remember well when there was school prayer. In grammar school, students took turns reading passages from the Bible. Then we said the Lord's Prayer. I was raised Catholic. I recall sitting there with my head bowed saying "Amen" when the rest of the class was continuing with their version of the Lord's Prayer--"and thine is the kingdom, etc." I remember well how alienated and hurt I felt. My best friend at that time was Jewish. I never asked her how she felt about it, but I can imagine. This stuff is tough on kids. Needless to say, it really upsets me when the far right complains that their freedoms are being abridged when they can't say their prayers in a public school. The far right needs to understand that these things must apply to goose and gander alike. When they do, they will have a lot more friends. I say: let's get rid of school prayer, national health care, and political correctness. Karen >