tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post6952349398372532708..comments2024-03-19T07:48:54.021-06:00Comments on Gus Van Horn: The enemy of my enemy ...Gus Van Hornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-39257490852696477582009-03-04T19:08:00.000-06:002009-03-04T19:08:00.000-06:00(1) In the sense that, whatever inconsistencies he...(1) In the sense that, whatever inconsistencies he may have had, he was <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/archives/documents/ih195802.htm" REL="nofollow">fundamentally opposed</A> to mixing religion and government.<BR/><BR/>(2) States <A HREF="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2005/03/dump-religious-right.html" REL="nofollow">do not have rights</A>. If he was, in fact, strongly committed to states' rights, he was mistaken. <BR/><BR/>That said, I'm not so sure such a stand would preclude his election. Some liberals would love to see individual states able to legalize marijuana, and some conservatives would love the separate states to ban abortion.<BR/><BR/>(3) My sense of the electorate is -- especially with atheists being the nation's <A HREF="http://gusvanhorn.blogspot.com/2006/03/around-web-on-3-29-06.html#bei" REL="nofollow">least trusted minority</A>, that you have to belong to <I>some</I> religion.<BR/><BR/>Obama's membership in a black power cult qualifies there, and the left, thanks to multiculturalism downplayed that aspect of his church big time.Gus Van Hornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126749051688217781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839412.post-7665009616364458142009-03-04T18:43:00.000-06:002009-03-04T18:43:00.000-06:00In what sense is Thomas Jefferson "unelectable tod...In what sense is Thomas Jefferson "unelectable today due to his views on the separation of church and state . . ."?<BR/><BR/>Jefferson supported some federal government aid to religion (such as giving money to the Kaskasia Indians to build a church) and also, as member of the house of delegates and governor of Virginia, supported days of prayer and fasting. I once read that he advocated laws punishing Sabbath breakers.<BR/><BR/>Jefferson didn't believe that the first amendment applied to the states and would not have supported federal court intervention in local matters such as prayer in government schools.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps he would not be electable today because of his strong committment to state's rights.<BR/><BR/>I'm not sure that his deism would prevent him from getting elected, given that Obama's membership in Rev. Wright's Black-power cult didn't stop him from being elected.Neil Parillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074901258306769278noreply@blogger.com