Comments on: What Questions Do You Have for the Candidates? http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/10/what-questions-do-you-have-for-the-candidates/ by Hemant Mehta Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Vincent http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2008/10/10/what-questions-do-you-have-for-the-candidates/#comment-233468 Vincent Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:26:18 +0000 http://friendlyatheist.com/?p=5064#comment-233468 um... while I agree with her values, I don't think they are what we need to be claiming as secular values. I think secular values means things like protection of those who can't protect themselves: the poor, children, etc. It should be preservation of individual rights and freedoms, protection of families, economic stability, ethical foreign policy. I thought the point was to take back the term "values voter" by pointing out that these are secular values not religious values. Instead it sounds like these are anti-religion values and says "our values are different from your values" which really seems a cut me own throat strategy. Plus could they not get a woman who could hold her head and face still for 2 seconds? um… while I agree with her values, I don’t think they are what we need to be claiming as secular values. I think secular values means things like protection of those who can’t protect themselves: the poor, children, etc. It should be preservation of individual rights and freedoms, protection of families, economic stability, ethical foreign policy. I thought the point was to take back the term “values voter” by pointing out that these are secular values not religious values. Instead it sounds like these are anti-religion values and says “our values are different from your values” which really seems a cut me own throat strategy.

Plus could they not get a woman who could hold her head and face still for 2 seconds?

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