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Why can't all this politics crap just go away?

Well, I guess part of the problem is that this is more than about politics. It's also about fundamental values and beliefs, and yes, religion. When you mix religious fundamentalism (be it christianity, islam, judaism or whatever) into politics, you always have an explosive situation - too often literally.

Some of us believe that you are free to believe whatever you want, but that you should grant others that right too. Others seem to believe that their particular belief system is the only "right" one, and try to impose it on others. That's a pretty fundamental difference of view.

One of the really sad things (as we se even on this board) is how the current US political situation really divides people. Good friends stop talking to each other because they happen to be on different sides of the democrat/republican trench...