just for a person who does not have to mention god as a driving force for their decision..
Question: What do you think Carrie Prejan (miss CA) was saying when she said "sorry, but I was raised to believe that a marriage is between a man and a woman"
Transltion: I was raised Christian, and we, as Christians, believe that a man should be (or marry) with a woman.

i have no idea what this has to do with anything...
i was raised to believe in Дед Мороз, also in a fact that being cold causes me to catch cold, and other such non-sense, then i grew up and had a chance to re-evaluate my beliefs.

What do her Christian values say about posing topless and parading around in a tiny bikini in front of millions of drooling men? Anything in there about hypocrisy and not judging others?

Svetlana to add to your post we call religious people like Sarah, Bush or Ms CA freaks BUT fagots like Paris Hilton normal? Isn’t there something totally wrong with that?

i have no idea what this has to do with anything...
i was raised tobelieve in Дед Мороз, also in a fact that being cold causes me to catchcold, and other such non-sense, then i grew up and had a chance tore-evaluate my beliefs
:-) As silly as it may sound to you ;-), but it has to do with a lot of things - people's traditions, holidays (i.e. Christmas, etc), definition of marriage, and other things - it's just their values! It may not be yours, and it should not be the same, but people should not be ashamed of their values or believes.
P.S. you can catch a cold from being in a cold temp - cold temp compromizes your immune system. :-)

it does sound funny to me :) a tradition of defining how other people should live their private lives
on cold, i suggest you actually look at current published research - total offtop.

it's just their values! It may not be yours, and it should not be the same, but people should not be ashamed of their values or believes.
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So if a grown woman keeps believing in Santa Claus - no shame in that? Can't your statement also be applied to homosexuals, pedophiles, cannibals, polygamists, muslims...? Or is it only the Christiansthat are allowed to have "values".

Although I consider myself a "non-believer" (courtesy of soviet school system upbringing) I have no problem whatsoever with a President (man or woman) who pray and ask for Creator's Providence when making difficult decisions affecting potentially millions of his/her fellow citizens. And who are not ashamed to admit their reliance on God publicly. Washington did it. Lincoln did it. So did Reagan. All great men. And great Presidents.

Like many of the founding fathers, Washingtom was a deist.
"Washington gives us little in his writings to indicate his personal religious beliefs. As noted by Franklin Steiner in "The Religious Beliefs Of Our Presidents" (1936), Washington commented on sermons only twice. In his writings, he never referred to "Jesus Christ." He attended church rarely, and did not take communion
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"Abraham Lincoln's religious beliefs are a matter of controversy. Lincoln frequently referenced God and quoted the Bible, yet never formally joined any church. He was private about his beliefs and respected the beliefs of others. Since his assassination, many attempts have been made to define his beliefs as either religious or secular. He was said to be an admirer of the deist author Thomas Paine, and it has been reported that he wrote a manuscript essay challenging orthodox Christianity modelled on Paine's book The Age of Reason, which a friend burned to protect him from ridicule"