Comments on: everything or less https://myrobotispregnant.com/2010/09/07/4196/ tough guy poetry and manly stories of loneliness Mon, 01 Apr 2013 19:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Belcat https://myrobotispregnant.com/2010/09/07/4196/comment-page-1/#comment-20336 Belcat Fri, 10 Sep 2010 16:51:08 +0000 http://myrobotispregnant.com/2010/09/07/4196/#comment-20336 Hey, Missed my chance to comment on the Mosque thing... just wanted to say I'm glad someone understands the absurdity of it. The mosque isn't all that close to the spot from what I understand. There's another mosque even closer to it already. And finally, now Lyle_S tells me it's more of a community center than a mosque? Even more absurd. As for religion, it's important for politics in the US especially as it gets closer to a nation level. It sucks, but it's always been that way. In Canada I think some religions might not be at a disadvantage, but Muslims are viewed as conservatives (especially anti-women rights, though not always true), so they would have to work harder to dispel that image. (And the conservative people would not vote for them much for the same reason the Tea Party would not... bigotry... sigh). Having said this, I can't think of a famous politician in Canada that isn't of some catholic branch, so we're far from perfect. Hey,
Missed my chance to comment on the Mosque thing… just wanted to say I’m glad someone understands the absurdity of it. The mosque isn’t all that close to the spot from what I understand. There’s another mosque even closer to it already. And finally, now Lyle_S tells me it’s more of a community center than a mosque? Even more absurd.

As for religion, it’s important for politics in the US especially as it gets closer to a nation level. It sucks, but it’s always been that way. In Canada I think some religions might not be at a disadvantage, but Muslims are viewed as conservatives (especially anti-women rights, though not always true), so they would have to work harder to dispel that image.
(And the conservative people would not vote for them much for the same reason the Tea Party would not… bigotry… sigh).
Having said this, I can’t think of a famous politician in Canada that isn’t of some catholic branch, so we’re far from perfect.

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