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By Karyn Chenoweth Oct 1, 2007, 11:44 GMT
Christian Conservatives May Abandon GOP
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Seriously...
This group wants to put women's rights back in the stone age. Big religious groups are dangerous!
Rudy isn't a wolf in sheeps clothing. I'm not saying he's the greatest cookie-cut for a partisan candidate for '08. His views are fair and sophisticated - minus the warmongering - compared to a good portion of the party he represents.
Every person should have the right to choose how their own body and how their own family will manifest. It's funny that we as a people gawk at Chinese government and the atrocious repression of their citizens indivdual rights. We still haven't climbed over that dark-age hump of giving women equal rights, especially the right to choose. Theres still a good 51% (lol) of the nation who would love to see women chastised to common christian morality.
You know...
The Taliban made women wear burkas.
...and READ Roe v. Wade.
here goes Mr. Expert on everything!
..just go read it. You can certainly do THAT, can't you...?
I for one, am glad they're gone. There's no place for religion in politics. Our consitution even claims 'separation of church and state', yet christians want to force their religious beliefs into law! Government and law should be neutral in ALL ways. These christians that are backing out are actually helping to end religious tyranny in this country. Now, if we could just get rid of all of them.
Perhaps you should read the Constitution before shooting your mouth off.
'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..'
Since WHEN do we have religous tyranny in America? Try looking at that constitution again and see the part about 'free association'.
I'm not sure what you object to but christians have the right to assemble, push legislation, form political groups, just like anyone else.
The right wing Christians are now and have been a captive pawn by the Fascist Party. (The traditional Republican Party is dead, slain by the Fascist's) Voters, Christian or otherwise, should vote on the real issues--not hot-button emotional issues. Read the poem by Martin Niemour, a Protestant, imprisoned by the Nazi's under Adolph Hitler.
...would depend on your point of view, wouldn't it? Christian voters also have to include liberal Catholics and southern Baptists, who are NOT predominantly, republicans. They, too, have views similar to the evangelistic right, at least on a set of common issues, even if they vote as liberals.
Why should anyone not be interested in any of these hot button issues?
Since when do we NOT have religious tyranny? Those who don't follow the beliefs of all the christian denominations in this country are stomped on every chance the right wing gets. Somebody's getting a little hot under the collar over be told they can't rule over others, eh? The constitution 'claims' that we don't have to bow down to other's beliefs, and that those beliefs cannot be passed into law, but that's not the way it's always worked. It's only now that those of us who aren't christian are finally getting the government to live up to their own printed laws. ALL religious denominations, and their beliefs, should be closely scrutinized before being passed into law from now on. I, for one, am tired of being berated and screamed at for being a neutral ground pagan. It's so primitive to think that you're superior to someone else. None of us know the truth, therefore all of us should stand on that line in between all beliefs, and force the government to do the same. It's about time they followed their own rules. Get it yet Mary? Or are you too brainwashed by religious bigotry to ever get it?
I descended during evalgelical services.... and Told Rev. Dobson.... 'You Must VOTE FOR EVANGELICAL CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS Who Are Circumcised Only'!
LOL! Now, everybody drop trow so we know who to vote for!
The constitution does not prevent the free practice of religion. It also protects the right of free association.
If these folks wish to band together to pass laws, nothing prevents this, as long as it does not denote religous PREFERENCE.
Outside of that, abortion, gay marriage, etc., are ALL fair game.
S.Dakota finally picked up a copy of Roe v. Wade and is going to use it to restrict abortion in that state. When you read it, and I recommend it for everyone, it says NOTHING about an absolute right to an abortion! It says EVERYTHING about a state to ban it for no reason.
So now, they will use it to try and redefine the law!
The far left in America want communism and the far right want a theocracy. Both are dangerous fringe groups. We all need to pay attention so as not to let either get too much control over our lives. Read about the dominionist movement in this country-scarey stuff.
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