[Motley]

It's not the conservatives who are out preaching "love and tolerance" and then whining when they find out that there actually are different views. If it's the conservatives that are crying about everything all the time, why are the liberals the ones always offended by Nativity Scenes or when someone else expresses a view that is different?

As for your last paragraph? Really?

When did you ever see a conservative "punish" someone for believing in a gay rights agenda? You can believe whatever you want. Conservatives may not agree, but they don't go around punishing others for different beliefs. You don't see conservatives suspending a fire chief for a month without pay and forcing him to attend "tolerance camp" because he writes a book based on his Christian beliefs and states that homosexuality is a sin. You don't see conservatives harassing Salvation Army bell ringers because of the group's stance on traditional marriage, you don't see conservatives sending people to "tolerance camps" because they write a book that states why they believe homosexuality is wrong, and you don't see conservatives pushing to get somebody fired from their job, as with what happened with Mozilla, because of their stance on same-sex marriage.

Next, you mention abortion. If you want to believe that a woman has a right to slaughter her child, that's your belief. No one is forcing you to believe differently. But again, as I said in the previous paragraph, it's your side that wants to punish those for believing differently. Liberals did their best to get a commercial from Focus on the Family featuring Tim Tebow shut down, a commercial that didn't even talk about the topic of abortion.

Now, as to God - "forcing" Him onto documents where he has "no right" being there despite the fact that He has been included in the documents from the very beginning. Just the fact that you say that, shows how little you know about U.S. history. I suggest you look back at some of the founding documents to both the U.S. and some of our states - including the state's preambles.

BTW - that liberal philosophy of showing "love and tolerance" and labeling anyone with opposing beliefs a "radical" and "extremist" worked out great during the 2014 mid-terms, didn't it?

I'm not going to get into all this on this thread because I'm not going to hijack the original intent of it. I expressed my opinion that people shouldn't "have" to call it Christmas. You all were the ones complaining that people don't do it and that it should be done. You're failing to understand I don't believe in a conservative or liberal agenda. I'm not going to punish anybody for their beliefs.

Regarding what I bolded, I'd like to talk more about it if you started another thread or PM me about it either way. Seems like it would be an interesting conversation starter about the country and its religious origins & beliefs in regards to the very beginning of US History.