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I have a friend who has absolutely no religious background at all. None. But he has a sense of humor. Somehow we got into a silly little routine where our different backgrounds were the source of jokes. He would ask me if the Jesuits ever conducted "sacrifices," and was that why I was always looking for virgins. Ha ha. I'd kid him that as an atheist, the local bank was the closest thing to his cathedral, and I'd make jokes about his "worship" habits. Etc. Ha ha.

Yeah, I know. Nobody else thinks it's funny. It's between us. Religion is like that. Jokes don't go over well. They always fall flat.

I think that's what happened here. I suspect that Rollins wasn't really trying to make any serious political or theological points. He was trying to make light of the differences, without coming out and saying that "religion shouldn't separate us." Maybe Rollins was afraid of losing Huckabee supporters who are religious zealots, and that's why he addressed it in a roundabout way. Or. maybe he was just trying to kid around with a colleague he's known for a long time. I don't know. But Rollins didn't seem to be trying for a sinister or calculated political smear there.

I just think Matthews, as usual, took it the wrong way.

I really think the media, Chris Matthews included, like to play up this religious difference thing because to them, it makes the race more interesting. This is not withstanding the fact that they know very well the founding fathers were adamant that there be no "religious test" for holding public office. The fact that there is no official "test" doesn't stop the MSM from applying their own unofficial "test" and trying to influence people to vote based on that.

This year they don't have the "military" test to blow all out of proportion, so they are going with the religion thing. And I really think they are doing it just for the tabloid-style controversy is causes (controversy being the operative word). They know that adult Americans are smart enough to realize that no President of the US is going to try to make the country conform to his/her religious views (and that the President isn't a dictator and couldn't even if he wanted to). They just like to stir the pot and play "Let's you and him fight!" because it's exciting.

I just find it interesting that they are only delving into the religious issue with Republicans. Hillary Clinton is a Methodist. The Methodist Church is undergoing a lot of stress right now over gay issues. Why aren't they grilling her on that? Does she agree, disagree? Will she renounce her Church (as they want Romney to do) if the either do or don't allow lesbian ministers? Barack Obama's Trinity United Church advocates something called a "Black Values System." Does he espouse the idea of an African-centric religion and what would that mean for the country if he is elected? (See a bit about these controversies here and here.)

Why aren't they belaboring those points and pressing the Democrat candidates to take a stand on those issues? Why aren't they getting Clinton's and Obama's campaign people on shows to fight about them?

Is it OK to make a big issue out of this for Republcans, but not Democrats? Are they afraid of causing the gay community to turn against HRC, or causing uneasiness among the electorate about Obama's link to an African-centric church?

It's an interesting question, don't you think?

" I know, but you just accused him of being an athiest"

Chris obviously thinks in his heart that being an athiest is a bad thing...but I thought that in the socialist/liberal world being an athiest put one on a higher intellectual level, not like we who carry a spiritual crutch. I thought pronouncing one's self 'atheistic' in lala liberal land was a banner to wave high and proud.

Chris Matthews is a moronic jerk and he lets his stupidity slip every other time he says something. I tell you what, he's got a long row to hoe before anyone outside the MSM will ever take him seriously.

Mark,

The religion card is always on the table in American politics. 

If Romney was a weak candidate, people would have no problem with others attacking his Mormon faith.

However, since he is one of the strongest candidates in a staggeringly weak field, everyone's crying about his religion being attacked b/c they know it could be a serious nail in his coffin. 

If Romney had run in the primary against Bush in 2000, you can guarantee his religion would have attacked vigorously.

If he didn't have a chance, people would have free reign to bash the ridiculousness of Mormonism.

PS Romneys father didn't march with MLK despite his incessant whining to the contrary. 

See this site:

http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Newsroom.Article&ID =138

It is easy to like Ann when she is flailing away at libs. But when she turns on someone who is pretty conservative - that's a little of "a house divided" mentality.

 Coulter caught in a deception trying to make Huck look as though he favors gay marriage:

check this out:

Coulter wrote today:

"Huckabee claims he opposes gay marriage and says Scalia is his favorite justice, but he supports a Supreme Court decision denounced by Scalia for paving the way to a "constitutional right" to gay marriage. I guess Huckabee is one of those pro-sodomy, pro-gay marriage, pro-evolution evangelical Christians. "

====To allwho read ann's article:

The Hardwick case that ann is talking about was an appeal to the supreme of the United States by a man named Michael Hardwick who was sentenced to jail in Georgia for having gay sex ("sodomy")

see: http://www.sodomylaw...

The state of Georgia, had a sodomy law on the books allowing gays to be jailed for having gay sex. But, when Michael Hardwick appealed to the US Supreme Court, they overturned the Georgia sodomy law permitting Hardwick to be sentenced to jail for consensual sex with an adult.

Huckabee agreed with The US Supreme that adult gays should not be jailed for having sex with another adult-even though he believes it is immoral.
. But that case had nothing to do with "gay Marriage", which was not even an issue
21 years ago, (back in 1986) when this case was decided

But, now ann is sadly misrepresenting this very old 1986 case to make it sound like Huck was for "gay Marriage"- which wasn’t even at issue in this case (or anywhere else) when this US Supreme Court case was decided way back in 1986.

But if any of you want to read about this case and decide for yourself if it's really about "Gay Marriage" go here:

http://www.sodomylaw...