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Thursday April 21, 2005 · 5:52 AM PDT

2005/04/21 · 05:52

In response to this column in the Raleigh (NC) News and Observer last week, I wrote a Letter to the Editor which they published yesterday and I somehow missed. My son's high school journalism class read and discussed it this morning or I never would have known they printed it.

Note to self: read online edition more carefully.

Letter below.

Published: Apr 20, 2005
Modified: Apr 20, 2005 8:35 AM

Flaunting faith

Regarding Rick Martinez's April 13 column "Have faith in governing":
My faith does not require that I chisel it in stone and erect a 10-ton monument to it. My faith recognizes that "moral values = religion = Christianity" is not always a true statement. My faith does not require that I publicly shame and exclude those who believe differently than I do. My faith does not need to throw its weight around.

My faith is something that shines from within. It is not threatened by questions or by people who believe differently. It does not need to be sanctioned by the government, nor bandied about by politicians for political gain. My faith is quiet and respectful and it leads me to distrust those who flaunt theirs or try to force it on others. My faith is not strengthened when it is entangled in politics.

Live your faith. Don't enforce it.

My Actual Name

Raleigh

Raleigh is a very religious town; mostly Protestant and evangelical Christians, so this letter was fun to write.

Let's all get together and inundate editors everywhere with our letters, shall we?

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