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<blockquote data-quote="Jogeephus" data-source="post: 1263148" data-attributes="member: 4362"><p>That is so true. There is a book written about the community my mother's family settled in and the information in the book was fished from old letters and writings from the people of that time. They were clearly against slavery so their participation in the war had nothing to do with that. Their participation was either by force or by the protection of their state - their home - from what they viewed as a threat. </p><p></p><p>When I was young I didn't know what racism was till the federal gov't started pointing it out. Heck, I grew up playing with black kids and even was partially raised by the sweetest black lady I've known. Francis White. She was like a mother to me and I loved her and can still remember resting my head on her 44D's as a pillow as I slept in her lap. When she died I drove seven hours one way to her funeral. She was part of our family. When the feds started agitating things they drove a wedge between me and some of my black friends and even Francis to some extent and our open friendships became stressed.</p><p></p><p>IMO, they need to take all this crap out of the limelight and I believe it will all sort itself out. Just like this gay marriage nonsense. Had the gov't stayed out of it and treated everyone equally rather than giving married couples special treatment then this would be a nonissue. Marriage is religious bond between a man and a woman and God and the gov't has no right to issue licenses or treat them any different than anyone else. The politicians use all this stuff to further their political careers which have nothing to do with the good of the country just their own personal greed and gain. Just look at Obama and how he publicly stated marriage was only between a man and a woman. Look at Hillary, she has said the same and was one of the last to change her stance on this after her advisers told her which way the court would favor. They are just using us for their own personal gain. That goes for both parties and its a shame so few see through this nasty game they are playing. </p><p></p><p>The constitution promises equality and the only way to achieve this is to pull the teeth from these agitators and the simplest way to do this is to go to a flat tax like the country used to have. If we did this, many of these issues that divide us as a country would just disappear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jogeephus, post: 1263148, member: 4362"] That is so true. There is a book written about the community my mother's family settled in and the information in the book was fished from old letters and writings from the people of that time. They were clearly against slavery so their participation in the war had nothing to do with that. Their participation was either by force or by the protection of their state - their home - from what they viewed as a threat. When I was young I didn't know what racism was till the federal gov't started pointing it out. Heck, I grew up playing with black kids and even was partially raised by the sweetest black lady I've known. Francis White. She was like a mother to me and I loved her and can still remember resting my head on her 44D's as a pillow as I slept in her lap. When she died I drove seven hours one way to her funeral. She was part of our family. When the feds started agitating things they drove a wedge between me and some of my black friends and even Francis to some extent and our open friendships became stressed. IMO, they need to take all this crap out of the limelight and I believe it will all sort itself out. Just like this gay marriage nonsense. Had the gov't stayed out of it and treated everyone equally rather than giving married couples special treatment then this would be a nonissue. Marriage is religious bond between a man and a woman and God and the gov't has no right to issue licenses or treat them any different than anyone else. The politicians use all this stuff to further their political careers which have nothing to do with the good of the country just their own personal greed and gain. Just look at Obama and how he publicly stated marriage was only between a man and a woman. Look at Hillary, she has said the same and was one of the last to change her stance on this after her advisers told her which way the court would favor. They are just using us for their own personal gain. That goes for both parties and its a shame so few see through this nasty game they are playing. The constitution promises equality and the only way to achieve this is to pull the teeth from these agitators and the simplest way to do this is to go to a flat tax like the country used to have. If we did this, many of these issues that divide us as a country would just disappear. [/QUOTE]
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