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To: Poet who wrote (6026)	3/31/2002 1:37:24 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

I would faint if a Bush administration spokesperson would do what Tony Blair did so refreshingly and inclusively: <<<Don't get me wrong. It's perfectly fine for Bush, Ashcroft, and Cheney to declare their faith. It's even fine for them to speak about the good they believe religion does in the world. But Tony Blair has done that as well, and yet he's also said, "This atrocity is an attack on us all, on people of all faiths and on people of none." As far as I can tell (and the website beliefnet.com chronicles George W.'s statements on religion), President Bush has never uttered a similar thought.>>>

To: Poet who wrote (6026)	3/31/2002 2:00:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21057

I can see how the omission of atheists (nonbelievers? What word should be used?) would be extremely upsetting. Po, you just can't throw non-believers in and have the sentence make any sense: Civilized individuals, Christians, Jews, [non-believers] and Muslims, all understand that the source of freedom and human dignity is the Creator. Don't think so. If you think, as Ashcroft does, that freedom and human dignity come from on high rather than from the collective force of humanity, there ain't no way to include atheists.