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- From: J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM
- Subject: Re: Religious Right (was Re: Rush Limbaugh: Victory from Defeat)
- Message-ID: <92321.34354.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM>
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- Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Company, Inc.
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 17:36:54 GMT
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- In <1992Nov16.162924.1337@news.vanderbilt.edu>, John Rickert writes:
-
- > Oh, I get it now. It took me long enough. But I think I finally
- >caught on. Religious = religious right. A public reference to religion
- >is right-wing extremism. Now I see...
-
- Not quite. The difference comes when the distinction between religion as
- a *personal decision* and religion as a *government mandate* isn't made.
- I'm fairly religious, and I freely share my *personal* beliefs. One can be
- a fundamentalist and not be part of the "religious Right." How? By accepting
- that their religion, no matter how devoutly they practice it, is a *personal*
- lifestyle choice involving them, their family, their church, and their God.
- It is *not* an issue for the government. It is only those people who propose
- PUBLIC POLICY based on religion-based morality who are in the wrong.
-
- Tim Irvin
-