<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[A Blog Around The Clock]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://blog.coturnix.org]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bora Zivkovic]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://blog.coturnix.org/author/coturnix/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Freedom of and/or from&nbsp;Religion]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://thelastduchess.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-church-state-freedom-and-hate.html" target="_blank" title="">Litbrit</a> (also check the comments on the re-post <a href="http://shakespearessister.blogspot.com/2007/02/on-church-state-freedom-and-hate.html" target="_blank" title="">here</a>) tells it beautifully:</p>
<blockquote><p>That is why so many of us have spoken out&#8211;we don&#8217;t want government telling us what we should believe and how we should run our private, personal lives or how we should use our private, personal bodies. Not because we &#8220;hate&#8221; religion, but because we revere freedom.</p></blockquote>
<p>And <a href="http://pandagon.net/2007/02/14/to-all-well-wishers/" target="_blank" title="">Amanda</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>I want to assure you very much that I don&#8217;t judge all Christians by the nasty actions of a few. Basically, as I&#8217;ve said before, I find it a shame that the word &#8220;Christian&#8221; gets applied both to true believers and those who just profess to believe because it gives them cover for their hate.</p></blockquote>
<p>And <a href="http://pandagon.net/2007/02/14/more-anti-catholic-bigotry-from-the-unhinged-left/" target="_blank" title="">Chris Clarke</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p> If there were more like him, I might still be a Catholic, grappling with the conflicts between doctrine and justice. And if there were more like him, the Church would not stand for people like Bill Donahue speaking in its name.<br />
In fact if there were more like Father Cobos, maybe someone would have set Bill Donahue on a more Catholic path back when he was a child.</p></blockquote>
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