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No, You Cannot MAG
November 6, 2008
It is a new nation,
a nation that proudly proclaims:
“Yes we can.”
But what power holds “yes we can,”
when America has told many of our
brothers and sisters
“no, you cannot”?
You cannot follow your heart.
You cannot move forward.
You cannot take a hand.
You cannot break the mold.
“Marriage is a holy bond
for a man and a woman
it is not yours to taint,” they say.
Where is the future?
Relentlessly we must
keep striving for a better day.
We must stop this hatred
and bring about change in the
wake of defeat.
© Anonymous
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This article has 396 comments.
jesusfreak23 BRONZE said...
on Jan. 17 2012 at 9:33 pm
Christianity is not a religion. it is a relationship. an amazing, indescribable, real relationship with our creator. society and government has morphed being a Christian into something restricting and "unconstitutional".
writerforwriting said...
on Jan. 17 2012 at 8:53 pm
Whether or not America was founded on Christian beliefs, I think we can all agree the first amendment to the constitution gives everyone the right to freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of self expression. This is a great poem with a controversial message. I think it is beautiful.
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD said...
on Jan. 17 2012 at 7:56 pm
Sorry if it came across as a fight. I saw it more of a debate then anything else. We just had conflicting ideas that we wanted the other to understand. Am I wrong BlueRain?
soldierx said...
on Jan. 17 2012 at 1:18 pm
This is sooo true, i love it! Good job. (:
thejesusfreak SILVER said...
on Jan. 17 2012 at 10:34 am
Okay I'm braking this up. This country was founded on people that wanted religion rights and others among that category. Teen ink is a site where teens are supposed to speak freely and say what they want to say. If you don't like what they said... Leave the page. Let it go. There's so many people in this world and I'm sure someone agrees with them and same to you. Religion is a choice. It shouldn't pull people apart.
Jazzimaniac SILVER said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 8:34 pm
WOW this is so true!
Yes, it is true there is a larger amount of moral humans who are religious, but that is often because the need for a reward or punishment for their behavior is great. Since they believe in a powerful being who is able to do anything at anytime, that influences their actions. For myself, I don't do good things because I fear judgement of someone else, but because my own self judgement is very strong. As a human being I have an instinctual set of rules for myself as well as a societal set of rules, but I'm always careful about whether the second is worth listening to.
WriteItOff said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 5:03 pm
Preach it! This is so true, we are the youth of this nation, if we change, then in a decade or so, so does America. Its that easy :)
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 3:57 pm
You're missing the part that says, "... upon themselves have proven to be the best choices out of the alternatives." I'm only stating that this religion and others like it have set high standards for the followers to work towards. I didn't mean to imply that only Christians have morals, because I know many non-christian and even non-religious people that lead more moralistic lives than Christians.
"This country was founded upon Christian beliefs and the standards that Christians place upon themselves" is what you said, so I interpreted it that way. Christians aren't the only ones with morals you know. Religion and morals are two separate ideas. You can be moral without having a religion. Religion only sets up punishment and reward for anyone who follows those morals, and many people can live without fear of punishment or wanting a reward just for being good people.
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD said...
on Dec. 26 2011 at 1:20 pm
I never said it was founded on Christianity, only the beliefs, and when I say that I simply mean the moral ones, not the belief in a God.
America was not founded on Christianity, nor should Christians continue to impose their religion on the government as if that is the only right path. There a plenty of resources to prove that the Founders were Deists, which, if you've read your history book, means that they believed in the possibility of a higher power, but did not believe in the bible. As in they believed in a god but not the Christian one. Besides, even if they were Christians, you are talking about a time in history where they still had slavery in the Constitution, and where most of the country agreed with it. So does that mean your God denied an entire race just because that's how his followers wanted it to be? Separation of church and state, they put it there for a reason...
America was not founded on Christianity. If you look back in your history books, the Founders specifically put that there would be a separation of church and state, because they did not want religion to interfere in politics. There are also many resources that prove that the Founders weren't even Christians but Deists ie. people who may believe there was a higher power, but not necessarily the Christian god, and definitely not the bible. They believed more in logic to guide them through life than faith. Which for the foundation of a country, I think it was a great way of running things.
TheGirlWhoDancesWithSnowflakes SILVER said...
on Dec. 22 2011 at 3:59 pm
Ah Torch. It's Christians like you who make the rest of us look like complete imbeciles. I am a devout Christian too, but I know better than to make such ignorant remarks such as the one you hae made. America was established as a safe haven for ALL religions to be practiced without persecution. :)
. said...
on Dec. 4 2011 at 8:11 pm
this poem is amazing :D
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD said...
on Dec. 4 2011 at 7:30 pm
This was meant as a reply to inspiredbytheworld's comment. Also, I think this poem could use a little more work, but it was good beside the choppiness.
Kingdom_of_the_Forgotten GOLD said...
on Dec. 4 2011 at 7:27 pm
This country was founded upon Christian beliefs and the standards that Christians place upon themselves have often been proven to be the best choices out of the alternatives that might be presented.
Although I disagree, I respect your opinion and understand why you think it. :)
outoftheshadows said...
on Dec. 4 2011 at 12:17 pm
I dont think thats necessarily true. I enjoy the way this is written. Even the quotes fit well too.
