Background says a lot about Pismo Beach candidates

I went to to school in Boston, and I can assure you that it is not a place homogenized by liberalism. I know Ted Kennedy held his senate seat for decades, but that speaks more to the power of incumbency, than it does to the population. Massachusetts has never elected a woman to a single statewide, national office. Calling Massachusetts as, “very liberal” is like giving a description of California that is limited to Berkeley, and San Francisco, while ignoring the fact that the vast majority of California is made up of places like Bakersfield, Fresno, and Paso Robles.

As far as the invocation goes, why is it so hard for the religious to understand that when they hold hands in a circle at a public meeting they are shutting out from the meeting anyone who does not hold their beliefs. There is nothing wrong with having religion, but a publicly funded meeting is an inappropriate place for such gestures.

There is a wonderful series of letters between Adams, and Jefferson. where they debate the importance of the separation of church and state. Adams held that government would ruin religion, and Jefferson held that the church would eventually take over the state. IN my opinion either view is valid, but I think there is another argument for keeping true to the separation. If we all bring our own gods to the council, we will never be able to get to the business at hand. Instead we will be one upping each other over which invocation was the truest, and most pious, and though each of our gods may be appeased, the pot holes will remain. Worship what ever god you want, just leave him at home or in your church, and if that’s too hard to do, at least have the decency to keep god concealed in your heart.