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Aristus
(66,381 posts)highplainsdem
(48,994 posts)And I don't think Faith Hill's mention was done cynically.
Aristus
(66,381 posts)I know Faith Hill isn't one of the Bible-screamers, but I'm afraid I've grown cynical about public expressions of faith.
highplainsdem
(48,994 posts)bluestarone
(16,970 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Last edited Fri Aug 17, 2018, 01:59 PM - Edit history (1)
She and her husband are also Dems. They're also among the few in the country music crowd to unapologetically speak up for saner gun laws.
Aristus
(66,381 posts)I'm just at a place where I have little trust in the country music establishment.
I think she and Tim McGraw campaigned for Hillary Cllinton, for which I'm thankful.
Anyway, Aretha is gone. She will be missed...
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)But there are a few--like Hill, McGraw, Roseanne Cash, Garth Brooks, and The Dixie Chicks--who aren't, and they aren't afraid to say it.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)Arethra got her start singing Gospel music, and never renounced it in any, way, shape, fashion or form.
Religion, specifically Christianity, is a large part of many AA lives.
The 1st Amendment guarantees Freedom OF Religion, not Freedom FROM Religion.
obamanut2012
(26,080 posts)And were the first to defend the Dixie Chicks, and were very pro LGBT before it was the cool thing to do?
I myself am an atheist, but some of the people I love teh most are not, and are more liberal and progressive than you probably are.
Oh, don;t like being unfairly judged? Then don;t do it.
Aristus
(66,381 posts)n/t
I don't really warm up to the 'no true liberal' argument...
KT2000
(20,581 posts)beautiful. She thrilled the world here.