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Atheists & Agnostics

Curmudgeoness

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22. I, for one, could never align myself with the GOP

Reply to ShadowLiberal (Reply #21)

Tue Oct 9, 2012, 07:26 PM

Oct 2012

especially with all the right wing evangelicals running the platform. To be fair, I have been a liberal Democrat for my entire life, but if I were ever on the fence, this would turn me off.

Christian nation. All the liberal views are Sins to them. Creationism in schools. Zionists intent on starting wars in the Middle East to rush the timetable for their Second Coming dreams. Everyone against them is going to Hell. Jeez.

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Yikes, that really is crazy talk. Curmudgeoness Oct 2012 #19

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