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Originally Posted by METSSC  and libs everywhere are dancing in the street |
Yet you are the first on this forum to put a political spin on this.
I wasn't going to say anything but you brought it up. While not every Republican is a conservative Christian, they are much of what the party has become thanks to people like Falwell. They'll stop at nothing until the entire judiciary is made up of evangelicals committed to their agenda. They want prayer in school and they don't believe that there should be laws protecting gays and even women in the workplace.
Try this one on for size. Have you ever heard of Regent's University? It's like Liberty University except it was founded by Pat Robertson. It's an evangelical college committed to grooming the next wave of Christian leaders. It's law school is not a very good academic one as it is one of the lower ranked schools.
Prior to 2000, no graduate of Regents U had ever worked in the U.S. Government. Since 2000, 150 grads have worked in the Bush administration, largely because Bush picked the former Dean of Regents to be the head of the Department of Personnel Managment. The most famous of all is Monica Goodling, a lawyer who was the Director of Public Affairs for the Justice Department who resigned after the news broke that she had a hand in firing of the eight U.S. Attorneys.
It's amazing that a we are supposed to be a country founded on the principles of a separation of church and state yet have an administration committed to evangelical values that seeks to hire evangelicals to promote its agenda.
Don't fool yourself. This is what your party has become. Guys like Giuliani, who are quality leaders, have no shot.
What a shame that every country in Europe refuses to allow the mere mention of religion in politics yet we let bullies like Robertson and Falwell control elections.