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Wellstone ruled

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13. Something that I have noticed is,

Reply to MineralMan (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 7, 2018, 04:35 PM

Dec 2018

we have or are seeing our Party starting to resemble the Dem party of late fifties and early sixties. Never once did we see,hear or have to listen for any Religious Dogma crap.

Are we there yet? Sure looking like we are getting there.

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Let's Not Try to Entice People into The Democratic Party Based on Their Religion [View all] MineralMan Dec 2018 OP

Absolutely. Leave religion out of it. dalton99a Dec 2018 #1

Agree completely. nt Nay Dec 2018 #2

I agree Caliman73 Dec 2018 #3

But MM's requirements don't look very open or inclusive. pangaia Dec 2018 #5

I suspect you are saying that tongue in cheek. Caliman73 Dec 2018 #9

If you believe in feeding the hungry, the Democrats are your party gratuitous Dec 2018 #4

The only people we hate more than the Romans are the f*cking Judean People's Front. pecosbob Dec 2018 #6

Splitters!! malchickiwick Dec 2018 #8

:) OriginalGeek Dec 2018 #12

But aren't many of these points tenets of some current religions? erronis Dec 2018 #7

That's why we shouldn't use religion as any sort of criterion. MineralMan Dec 2018 #10

Something that I have noticed is, Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #13

Well, the Christian Right has had a run of late. MineralMan Dec 2018 #14

We never thought about the so called Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #15

Yes, I think you're right. MineralMan Dec 2018 #16

Figure I got at least one or maybe Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #17

Interesting. It was right about the time of Atwater that the religious right was used as a cudgel. erronis Dec 2018 #19

Understand there is some confessional Wellstone ruled Dec 2018 #21

All the great world religions are based on one simple principle... Wounded Bear Dec 2018 #11

+1 dalton99a Dec 2018 #18

Yup - +1. Maybe even ban religion (except ours!) erronis Dec 2018 #20

Absolutely! theophilus Dec 2018 #22

Church and state typically unite for one reason--to declare Divine Mandate. McCamy Taylor Dec 2018 #23

THANK YOU. lilactime Dec 2018 #24