When I said state run church, I was referring to a religion established by the government of the nation. Yes, states can establish their own "official" religion, and in fact, historically it has happened a few times in various state constitutions....can't think of which off the top of my head.

Holy freakin' cow I can not wait until Tuesday! I'm so sick of the damn R67 ads here.

Meanwhile, speaking of WA state politics: Wendybeth, are all Spokane politicians secretly gay? I'm just wondering...

Hey, that guy is from Vantucky! (I think). Not from here, but he picked a swanky hotel for his little rendezvous! (The Davenport). I think West was the only one busted over here- are you thinking of Larry Craig? He's from Spudsville.

Didn't your mayor get busted for something similar? Maybe it's just that Spokane has some great underground scene there.

Yeah, our gay-bashing conservative mayor was caught grooming young guys online for sexual relationships, and I guess he'd been doing it for years. When he got outed, he tried to claim that people were going after him because he was gay, something he had vehemently denied for ages. (The area gay organizations did not support him, and rightly so).Truth was he liked very young boys, and also got off on passing legislation against gay people, etc. He was just a creep, and now he's a dead creep.

I think it must be something in the water over there!

I blame Canada.

Have you seen the way they drive? I cringe any time I see a BC plate.

Blame Canada... with all their hockey hullabaloo and that b!tch Ann Murray, too...

:D

And Celine Dion, too. Blech.