Hey guys
I was hoping one or two of you who agree with the below letter wouldn't mind forwarding it around?
Please, if you don't agree with it, try not to derail the topic.
Thank you!
(Yes, I know some bits may be construed as anti-christian, but I assure you I have nothing against that faith, and if you don't believe me, read our most recent religious thread
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To see one’s own mistakes, one must first admit them. This is what I truly believe in, and for our nation to overcome the atrocity of our recent past, we must first admit that maybe we didn’t do the right thing. Turn and look, and see what you, the American people, have done. I’m talking to both liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans alike. Yes, even the liberals and Democrats are at fault here. They, like all of America, have turned their back on the glory that once was, and have instead decided to simply yell and scream, pointing accusing fingers at other. Why? I ask you, what does it matter who’s fault it is? All that matters is who will be the first to take a stand and say that this is not right. This is not what our forefathers fought and died for.
They did not fight and die for the United States to invade foreign soil. They did not fight and die for one religion (Christianity) to completely dominate the government. Yes, they were Christian. Yes, they came to North America to freely worship the Christian God. But just because our forefathers were Christian, does not give Christians the right to dictate to other what can and cannot happen! If you are saying that gay marriages should be illegal---why? There is nothing fundamentally wrong with gays marrying. If, perhaps…the Buddhist religion allowed gays to marry…you would be telling two gay men, very much in love, that they could not marry each other, because the Christian faith does not believe in it! That is not what America is! America is free! To be an American is to deserve the wonder of the world, to be an American means to work to stand above petty differences, to work for the good of all, to be part of the greatest nation ever conceived!
Yet we are losing this vision and we are losing this dream! Read what has happened to our liberties, read what our president, whom you, the people, elected, has done to our nation! Weep at the loss, weep for the souls who were sent to their deaths for an unjust war. 9/11 was a horrific event, truly; however, 9/11 was because of Bin Laden, not because of Sadamn Hussein! Now you are allowing our president to send thousands of Americans to their deaths! Deaths at the hands of a people whom we unjustly invaded!
It is not just the President’s fault, either! It is your fault. You elected him into office, you elected your senators into office. They passed the bill with hardly a whimper of protest from the people. The great thing about America is that our citizens have the power to change the world. We are the mightiest nation ever seen, and we have a responsibility as such.
It is not too late. Please, I beg of you, find ways to oppose what is happening right under your noses. Write to your senators, call for impeachments, call for votes of no confidence, do something, anything to prove to the world that we are not cattle being led blindly by the horns, but instead a proud, glorious people capable of moving the world!
- American
