Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Democratic Party embraces nonreligious voters, criticizes 'religious liberty' in new resolution
Fox News ^ | 08/29/2019 | Caleb Parke

Posted on 08/29/2019 12:05:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) passed a resolution Saturday praising the values of “religiously unaffiliated” Americans as the “largest religious group within the Democratic Party.”

The resolution, which was unanimously passed at the DNC’s summer meeting on Aug. 24 in San Francisco, Calif., was championed by the Secular Coalition of America, an organization that lobbies on behalf of atheists, agnostics, and humanists on public policy. The group celebrated the DNC’s move as the first time a major party “embraced American nonbelievers.”

“Religiously unaffiliated Americans overwhelmingly share the Democratic Party’s values,” said the resolution, which adds they should advocate for “rational public policy based on sound science and universal humanistic values.”

Sarah Levin, director of governmental affairs for the Secular Coalition of America, praised it as a way “to ensure that policy is driven by science and evidence, not sectarian beliefs.”

The move comes as Democratic presidential candidates have ramped up their religious rhetoric on the campaign trail, but the party announced it is targeting “nonreligious voters” to try to beat President Trump, who solidified the evangelical vote in 2016. …

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: ac; antichristian; democrats; dems; firstamendment; liberalagenda; nones; thepartythatbooedgod; unaffiliated
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

1 posted on 08/29/2019 12:05:14 PM PDT by Olog-hai
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

They criticize religious liberty because if they take power, they’ll do their nefarious worst to eradicate those liberties.

These are dangerous people.


2 posted on 08/29/2019 12:07:21 PM PDT by ScottinVA (The most urgent gathering threat to America: the Democrat Party)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
Religiously unaffiliated Americans overwhelmingly share the Democratic Party’s values,” said the resolution, which adds they should advocate for “rational public policy based on sound science and universal humanistic values.”

LOL!

3 posted on 08/29/2019 12:09:22 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai
universal humanistic values.

How does one define that one is not a believer? Of course, what they mean is based on the fumes of Judeo-Christianity.

4 posted on 08/29/2019 12:12:09 PM PDT by C19fan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

Perhaps the greatest challenge in 2020 is to demonstrate to the American people just how far Left and alien the Democratic Party has become. Most Americans do not realize just how debased it is and what would happen to the American nation and people if they and their globalist acolytes took rel power.


5 posted on 08/29/2019 12:12:45 PM PDT by allendale (.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

Insane and evil.


6 posted on 08/29/2019 12:14:14 PM PDT by Innovative
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
Sounds exactly like the USSR.
“Atheism is a natural and inseparable part of Marxism, of the theory and practice of scientific socialism.”

— Lenin, “Religion”, Introduction

“The teaching of hatred for the enemies of the toilers enriches the concept of socialist humanism, by distinguishing it from sugary and hypocritical ‘philanthropy’.”

— Small Soviet Encyclopedia (Moscow, 1947, vol. XI, p. 1045)
As it says in Jeremiah 13:23, the leopard does not change his spots.
7 posted on 08/29/2019 12:16:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
"universal humanistic values.”

Which would include the humanistic values of Mao, Stalin and Pol Pot.

8 posted on 08/29/2019 12:16:50 PM PDT by circlecity
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

Yep.


9 posted on 08/29/2019 12:17:05 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

I am a little skeptical of the document that the article links to.

https://secular.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/DNC-Resolution-on-the-Nonreligious-Demographic.pdf

There is only the text of the resolution, no header/footer information, no date or logos, no proposer, seconder or any other details other than “DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE:” across the top.

It might be accurate but it does not look like it is an original document.


10 posted on 08/29/2019 12:17:07 PM PDT by FewsOrange
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

“unanimously passed at the DNC’s summer meeting“

Just like Sodom, not one righteous person could be found.


11 posted on 08/29/2019 12:18:59 PM PDT by gibsonguy
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

The Democrats. From JFK to Bolshevism in only 50 years.


12 posted on 08/29/2019 12:21:24 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: FewsOrange

Strangely enough, it appears to be a modified form of this resolution apparently adopted by the Massachusetts Democratic Party.

https://americanhumanist.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Nones-Resolution-passed-by-DSC-2018.pdf


13 posted on 08/29/2019 12:22:39 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: StarsandStripesFOREVER; Albion Wilde

Ping


14 posted on 08/29/2019 12:22:52 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Southside_Chicago_Republican

Sound science ... like transgenderism.


15 posted on 08/29/2019 12:28:47 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: allendale

Bernie no longer feels the need to pretend he’s not a Democrat.

The Squad only differs from the rest in that they no longer feel the need to hide who they are.

The thing is, the DEMOCRAT VOTER is preconditioned to not care. This has happened over the decades before even Bill Clinton ran, bit by bit they’ve been conditioned to only care about the seriousness of the charges if it’s Republicans being charged.

For everything else it’s like Gore once said: no controlling authority....


16 posted on 08/29/2019 12:34:01 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 5 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

But even that one looks generic. No date, proposer etc.


17 posted on 08/29/2019 12:34:54 PM PDT by FewsOrange
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

More like Lenin’s view with each passing day.


18 posted on 08/29/2019 1:14:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (This space for rent.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Olog-hai

Looks like they are pulling their ideas from the squads septic tank.


19 posted on 08/29/2019 1:24:58 PM PDT by lecram (Marcel L'Heureux)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: gibsonguy
Just like Sodom, not one righteous person could be found.

I get your point, but there were 4 righteous people that were found.

There was Lot, his wife and two daughters. They were the only people in the entire city who were righteous and God saw to it they left before the city was demolished.

But after departing the city, Lot’s wife looked back in hesitation and regret and she became a pillar of salt.

20 posted on 08/29/2019 1:32:30 PM PDT by Buffalo Bob
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-32 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson