Reply #85: I've a bit of a story in regards to this. [View All]

Two Novembers back my wife Elena who had just moved over from Voronezh, Russia accompanied me when I went to go vote in Brunswick, Georgia. We got to the Philadelphia Overcomers Church of God where my card said I was to vote and she was stunned it was at a church. Then she saw the gov't vehicle with an agent sitting in it out front. She said at the time it's freaky. I said it's america 2006. When we got inside a republican ID checker (checked my ID) I know he was a republican because I saw him previously putting out signs for Ralph Reed. I was informed I wasn't on their voting role even though I had a card with the Church's address on it. So they sent me across town to another church. My wife was stunned to see it was a church again. Same scenario. Secret service vehicle outside (Brunswick is where the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.) Then when we get inside once again my name isn't on their list. What I saw next was madness in my mind. Up at the Pulpit in the church where the preacher speaks was a full camouflage display with a mannequin soldier surrounded by boxes of ammunition with a sign saying support our troops. Elena was speechless. She said it's weirder than the Soviet Union. I had to agree. I am an agnostic and I fully believe the government should not be using Church's where people gather to worship imaginary beings to decide elections. I don't care about available space. It's immoral. The churches should pay taxes like everybody else and they should have nothing to do with government. It's freaky and a ruse that is used in corrupt ways in my opinion. The US needs to move into the 21st century and get out of the stone age. And get the church out of our government. Religious people would get a lot more respect if they worked for their god instead of taking advantage of opportunities like this to further their cause. The way things currently are I can't see how anyone could rationalize or believe in this madness whether political or religious. Separate church and state!