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In reply to the discussion: Ed Schultz EXPOSES Cause Of Racism In The South [View all]CherokeeDem
(3,709 posts)Over ten years ago, when I lived in Miami, I visited friends who lived in Naples (I had lived there before). I knew my friends were very religious but when I lived there, I was never asked to attend church services with them; my friend was aware I was not religious. But one Sunday when I went over to see them, it happened to be her mother's birthday and her mother wanted to go to church, then dinner. So I went.
We sat near the front of this very large and well-appointed Baptist church and about half-way through all I wanted to do was bolt out of the front door, drive back to Miami, head for South Beach and have a drink. I was subjected to a sermon not about the teachings and good works of God and Jesus but about the Republican Party. The minister never used the word Republican but the code words were rampant through his 'sermon.' He attacked women in the workplace, abortion, welfare, you name it...and all in the name of God. I have never sat through anything that made me so uncomfortable, or so angry. Yet, in deference to my friends, I sat there. Neither of my friends appeared to be overtly prejudiced, I already knew they were conservatives. I can deal with that, but I couldn't deal with the ranting of their church.
I have always felt everyone had the right to their own beliefs. However, when a religion chooses not to be pious but prejudiced, they don't have that right.