Bush Wins

[kddani]

Everyone loves to throw around buzz words like "discrimination"

Christians are not being discriminated against (and yes, I am one, Catholic, however, which many Christians don't consider Christian but it is).

Not being able to pray in school comes under the "time, place, and manner" restrictions that the courts have interpreted that the first amendment allows for. Your right to pray is not being taken away. You can pray silently or very quietly in school. You can pray outside of school. No one is telling you what you can and cannot pray (i.e. "content"). No one is telling you that you can't be a Christian.

Homosexuals, however, are being told that they can't do a certain thing that everyone else in the country can (i.e. get married). Doesn't matter where they go, how they try, or when they try, they can't do it. They cannot enjoy a right that every other American can.

And on the topic of how upset people are- it is incredible. I work for a Plaintiff's firm, which many Republicans have depicted as the big evil devil this this campaign. I have seen and talked to attorneys (some of whom are actually Repubican- i.e. my boss is a republican and mayor of his town) who are so defeated looking, and are so scared for what their future holds. It's not just that Bush is President, it's that the religious right (which for me personally is the faction of the republican party that I have a strong distaste for) controls the House and Senate. It's a scary scary thought. At least 48 % of us are feeling in a way that it's "taxation without representation"- our interests are not going to be represented and looked out for.

ETA: an elected official is supposed to represent ALL of his constitutents and look out for ALL of their needs. He or she is NOT elected just to represent the people that voted for him. The great many of us fear that that's exactly what is being done here- that Bush is going to represent the interests of half the country, and the other half is being left out in the cold.

As an aside, i'm glad that this thread seems to have at least some intelligent discussion and not just all bashing.