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    <p>Starchild, thanks for the observations and suggestions.</p>
    <p>Click-tracking is a widely used practice to help measure the
      effectiveness of emails. I don't plan to stop our use of it.
      Others can debate the pros and cons of the practice. If the LNC
      wants us to stop, I'll abide.</p>
    <p>I prefer the way I lumped all the Christian options at the top so
      you can kind of add them up quickly.</p>
    <p>I was somewhat closely mirroring the sorting used at this
      wikipedia article:</p>
    <p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_United_States</a><br>
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        initial;">Religious Self-Identification of the U.S. Adult
        Population</b></p>
    <p>There are probably many thousand religions across the world and
      U.S. <br>
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    <p>I included several that Libertarians requested in the past that
      were not included in a previous survey, but I did not choose
      Transhumanist. It did cross my mind, but I figured we had enough
      details for this unscientific survey.</p>
    <p>It's not easy to make a list of the top religions, because things
      like denominations and the difference between a religion and a
      denomination make it complicated, not to mention the feedback
      along the lines that "government is a religion" and
      "environmentalism is a religion. <br>
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    <p>NOTA got 3%, so I think we covered most people's choices. </p>
    <p>Take care,</p>
    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:wes.benedict@lp.org">wes.benedict@lp.org</a>
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lp.org/membership">http://lp.org/membership</a></pre>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/15/2017 6:43 PM, Starchild wrote:<br>
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      <div>Hi Wes,</div>
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      <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>When
        I attempted to click through from today's Libertarian email to
        the poll on religion, I got an error page indicating there was a
        tracker being used:</div>
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      <div><a href="chrome://ublock0/content/document-blocked.html?"
          moz-do-not-send="true">chrome://ublock0/content/document-blocked.html?</a>details=eyJ1cmwiOiJodHRwOi8vY2xpY2suaWNwdHJhY2suY29tL2ljcC9yZWxheS5waHA/cj04NTUzMDAzNyZtc2dpZD02MDg4MjUmYWN0PThCQkkmYz0xMTE1MTA4JmRlc3RpbmF0aW9uPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cubHAub3JnJTJGd2hhdC1yZWxpZ2lvbi1hcmUtbGliZXJ0YXJpYW5zJTJGIiwiaG4iOiJjbGljay5pY3B0cmFjay5jb20iLCJkbiI6ImljcHRyYWNrLmNvbSIsImZjIjoiWzAsNjIsXCJpY3B0cmFjay5jb21cIl0iLCJmcyI6Inx8aWNwdHJhY2suY29tXiJ9</div>
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      <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>What
        type of tracking are these emails employing? I do not think we
        should be tracking people's clicks without their consent.</div>
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      <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>On
        the poll itself (I went directly to <a href="http://LP.org"
          moz-do-not-send="true">LP.org</a> and found it there at <a
          href="https://www.lp.org/what-religion-are-libertarians/"
          moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.lp.org/what-religion-are-libertarians/</a>),
        I have a recommendation for an additional response category – <b>Transhumanist</b>. </div>
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      <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>This
        may not ultimately be the most precise term for my own religious
        views, which also encompass non-aggression and
        decentralism/individualism, but as a "none of the above"
        respondent, I feel it would fit me better than any of the terms
        currently listed, and suspect there may be a few others who feel
        similarly. For anyone curious about the religious aspects of
        transhumanism, this page has some good material:</div>
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      <div><a
          href="http://www.metanexus.net/essay/toward-transhumanist-theology"
          moz-do-not-send="true">http://www.metanexus.net/essay/toward-transhumanist-theology</a></div>
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      <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>Finally,
        I would also urge that the poll response choices be listed in
        alphabetical order (with the exception of leaving "Decline to
        state" and "None of the above" at the bottom), rather than all
        the Christian options being listed first.</div>
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      <div>Love & Liberty,</div>
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      <div>                                   ((( starchild )))</div>
      <div>At-Large Representative, Libertarian National Committee</div>
      <div>                        <a
          href="mailto:RealReform@earthlink.net" moz-do-not-send="true">RealReform@earthlink.net</a></div>
      <div>                               (415) 625-FREE</div>
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