just saying....

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i'm not sure if you all have been watching the conventions this week and last, but i have and i have a huge bone to pick with both conventions.  firstly, i must say to the republicans - if you do not have the evangelical, catholic vote, i don't know what is wrong. you all preach and preach and preach, but what you are forgetting is that not everyone worships god, not everyone believes god exists, and not everyone worships the same god(s). when you endorse one religion (christianity), you are in turn leaving other religions out - and that is just not the american way to do things. also, based on the constitution it REALLY isn't the american way to do things. it seems republicans have forgot about that whole separation of church and state. i don't think anything is wrong with being religious and having your own beliefs, but when they do start to infringe on mine, and other voters, that is when i have a problem. throughout the RNC, religious rhetoric was spoken of constantly, and it has been used in several debates and discussions this election cycle. i think we get it - the american voters understand that the republican party is christian, and the values of the party is based on christian values. we get it, so you can stop hammering the bible and god in our faces. and trust me, this is not a blog only hating on the republican party. i was so happy when i heard that 'god' was not mentioned once in the democratic platform i posted it all over social media networks. i thought finally, my party is standing up for those who aren't christian and keeping the church and state separated. but to no avail the democratic party could not take the heat. so yesterday during the convention they motioned to amend the platform and add 'god' (and jerusalem) back in there. but the funny thing is, it didnt sound like the delegates wanted it back in there - but that wasnt going to fly - this is america isnt it (a christian nation)? wrong. america is not a christian nation. america does have the highest number of religious followers of all the developed nations, but the joy of america is that MANY religions exist here. there is a percentage of christians, jews, muslims, buddhists, and nonbelievers. this nation was not founded on christian principles. many of the founding fathers were not religious and they believed that religions were to be kept separate from the government. and that thought even made it into the constitution. this country is a melting pot of people and religions. i dont want a christian making religious law anymore than i want an atheist making a nonreligious law. religion should be a private matter - not one that graces the law books and forms policy. both parties really disappoint me on this matter. the republicans truly need to lay off the religious rhetoric and stop alienating those who arent christians. and if the democrats want to preach that everyone can worship their own god, then take religion out of the platform or speak of it in a way that does not specifically mention god.

anyway. sorry for that rant. i will link the video from the dnc below.

thanks for reading everyone :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cncbOEoQbOg (this is just a youtube video but if you are interested in the actual article, i think i read the story on CNN)