There are people who still think divorce is a sin. They are entitled to their religious opinions, but they
are not entitled to have those opinions be the basis and justification of our laws. "
Kirsten Kingdon to Michigan's Between The Lines, July 6
The recent (2000) political battle in South Carolina over gambling -- in particular, video-poker machines and a state lottery -- shockingly revealed to what lengths so many people will go to pass laws which force their religious moral values on others --and go to sleep at night truly believing they'd done a very good thing. These people believe that imposing their values on others will solve many social problems. I agree.
I wonder, though, how many more social problems in the rural South could be solved if more people would put down their Bibles just long enough to discover what the inside of their local library looks like.
Preacher Power. I found it truly amazing at how many people thoughtlessly and obediently followed their preacher's orders on voting day. I had no idea at how effective the "a-good-Christian-would-vote-this-way" -strategy is.