The title itself was intended to 'start a fight' I suppose. I ignored it for a while cause I didn't want to add fuel to the fire.

I view it as Christians wanting to *keep* the freedoms of public expression that they've always had in the US; not forcing others to enter in. But that's just my take on the issue.

As far as the "fight", I think I see a shift in the tide. People who are serious about their Christianity are pretty sick of the pettiness, the attacks, the slander. I foresee withdrawing back into our Christian Communities and letting the 'world' be the 'world' and the Church being a source of help and solace to those who want and need it. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing...

The title itself was intended to 'start a fight' I suppose. I ignored it for a while cause I didn't want to add fuel to the fire.

I view it as Christians wanting to *keep* the freedoms of public expression that they've always had in the US; not forcing others to enter in. But that's just my take on the issue.

As far as the "fight", I think I see a shift in the tide. People who are serious about their Christianity are pretty sick of the pettiness, the attacks, the slander. I foresee withdrawing back into our Christian Communities and letting the 'world' be the 'world' and the Church being a source of help and solace to those who want and need it. Maybe that wouldn't be such a bad thing. It's just that as an American Christian I hate giving up my rights which I believe are valuable and available in our Constitution for Christians and all religions. Of course, we're now being told that those things aren't really there and were figments of a too literal interpretation of the Constitution.

When I'm feeling mean and spiteful I wish the Christian institutions would close down their humanitarian efforts, the hospitals, their social commitments to their communities, their research centers, their involvement in their world-wide programs that help the poor and needy, etc....but that would be very Un-Christian. However, then I believe those same people who think we're such a blight and plague on society might see things a little differently.