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"No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States."

Today’s Reading List – October 5, 2006

Posted by: John Schroeder at 10:26 pm, October 4th 2006     —    Comment on this post »

This really got me thinking.  The movie thing is a private organization doing something to another private organization, but the school thing is government, and it is politics.  Regardless, in a society where there is that much prejudice against faith, under even the most benign of conditions, do we do ourselves any favors when we of faith exercise such prejudice on an interfaith basis, in similar benign circumstances?

From this Reading List to my book reading list.  People interested in '08 enough to be reading this blog now, should probabaly read it too.  Here's where you can order.  While I will agree that the Internet often adds a "freak show" phenomena to elections, Lowell and I promise we will try very hard to stay out of the freakish.

As long as we are deep inside basball – Hotline on PAC teams and endorsement.  Assuming Giuliani does not run, the primary seems to be shaping up as the highly, traditionally organized Romney and the rebeliously, minimally organized McCain.  Is it just me, or does it always seem like the rebels make the biggest splash, but fade in the end and its the guy with the organization and the insiders that wins?

A bit of Mitt humor. - I, however, am betting Article VI readers can do better – email us your Romney slogan suggestions, we'll compile them and have a little fun.  Here's my entry:

Jello, My name's Mitt Romney and I want to be your next president.

Lowell:  (Groaning) Here's mine:  

I'm Mitt Romney, and I'm a businessman. If I'm elected I promise to run the executive branch as a non-prophet organization!

There's not really anything new here – save for the fact that it is a reasonable piece from Daily Kos.  Now that's news.

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