But churches themselves do not.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

the church was not advocating one person or policy over the other. it was simply a forum for the candidates to discuss politics and their religion

nothing wrong with that

It is wrong - if not legally then certainly from an ethical standpoint. And, yes, the church did advocate by not having the candidates from the other national parties participating.

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A panda walks into a cafe. He orders a sandwich, eats it, then draws a gun and fires two shots in the air.

"Why?" asks the confused waiter, as the panda makes toward the exit. The panda produces a badly punctuated wildlife manual and tosses it over his shoulder.

"I'm a panda," he says at the door. "Look it up."

The waiter turns to the relevant entry and, sure enough, finds an explanation.

"Panda. Large black-and-white bear-like mammal, native to China. Eats, shoots and leaves."

Yes, I support gun control. I don't support gun BANISHMENT.

Jesus Christ, please stop saying I believe we should not be allowed to have guns.

And in any case, you don't necessarily need guns to resist violently.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

I don't want to turn this into a gun-control debate, but here's how registration works out:

You register your weapon with the government, or receive a license to own one from the government.

The government knows you have such a weapon.

The government decides to ban weapons.

They knock on your door in the middle of the night with five armed men in order to seize your weapons because you told them where they are.

We can finish this discussion in PM if you like, but let's not hi-jack the thread.

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"Bring me that horizon".

And, since they're a theocracy, you should realize they're coming and be ready.

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"Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states...Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."



~Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

How so?



Other parties don't matter.

I agree with Chan. First, I was appalled to see the two major party candidates speaking at a church as part of their campaign. I'd prefer to see religion removed entirely from the political process since there are elements in this country that would like to see a Christian theocracy established.

And second, as Chan pointed out those two are not the only candidates running so yes, the church was advocating for those two candidates over the others.

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Walter Mondale: "George Bush doesn't have the manhood to apologize." George Bush: "Well, on the manhood thing, I'll put mine up against his any time."

I didn't watch it either for the same reasons. I did catch a little part of it. It was where Obama was asked what is marriage and responded that it was a union between man and woman, and in his case, because he was Christian, God is involved as well (Oh, God, please give me strength not to make the obvious smart *** remark which might be misconstrued as sacrilege by those who have not the revelation that if you created humans in your own image, must be you laugh, too) .

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"I was there and I saw what you did.... saw it with my own two eyes"
Phil Collins--In the Air Tonight

The Constitution prevents such a thing.


The Constitution prevents such a thing.


They are the only 2 that matter. Let's see how many of the 'other' candidates appear at the other upcoming debates.......