1) I totally agree on America being bass-ackwards about sex ed. The Republicans' stance basically seems to be "if we just tell kids not to have sex, they totally won't want to do it anymore!" Uhm? Really? That didn't seem to work out for ALL THE PREGNANT TEENAGERS WE GOT OVER HERE.
2) As an atheist I most definitely wish that religion were a lot less relevant in American politics, too. Obama being religious doesn't really bug me because, well, to be honest he doesn't seem that religious truly-- more as an act he kind of puts on-- and whatever religion he has definitely doesn't affect his policies. McCain and Palin, however, are obviously very driven by their religion and that's pretty ew to me. If any presidential candidate were to admit to being non-religious all of America would basically shit their pants halfway to Wednesday. To quote Arrested Development: "Take me to your secular world!"
3) I don't know about McCain being certifiably crazy but he is definitely at least far too temperamental and a bit unstable. Especially in the last debate, he actually started off frighteningly strong and then just lost it about halfway through, becoming completely petulant, disdainful, and sarcastic. I was kind of embarrassed for him, honestly.
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2) As an atheist I most definitely wish that religion were a lot less relevant in American politics, too. Obama being religious doesn't really bug me because, well, to be honest he doesn't seem that religious truly-- more as an act he kind of puts on-- and whatever religion he has definitely doesn't affect his policies. McCain and Palin, however, are obviously very driven by their religion and that's pretty ew to me. If any presidential candidate were to admit to being non-religious all of America would basically shit their pants halfway to Wednesday. To quote Arrested Development: "Take me to your secular world!"
3) I don't know about McCain being certifiably crazy but he is definitely at least far too temperamental and a bit unstable. Especially in the last debate, he actually started off frighteningly strong and then just lost it about halfway through, becoming completely petulant, disdainful, and sarcastic. I was kind of embarrassed for him, honestly.