[jf55510]

Except the Texas GOP Platform refers only to "Christians," not to "Judeo-Christian." And what exactly do they mean by "Christians?" I've heard people from that area of the Country claim that Catholics aren't Christians.

Wrong, here is the exact wording from the plank.

Christian Nation- The Republican Party of Texas affirms that the United States of America is a Christian nation, and the public acknowledgement of God is undeniable in our history. Our nation was founded on fundamental Judeo-Christian principles based on the Holy Bible. The Party affirms freedom of religion, and rejects efforts of courts and secular activists who seek to remove and deny such a rich heritage from our public lives.

The next plank is on free excericse of religion and the plank after is on religious institutions and governments. What exactly is wrong with any of that?

[Labyrinthos]

I've read two on three articles on the platform and this is the first I've learned that the platform actually does refer to "Judeo-Christian priciples." You wouldn't know that from some of the main stream media reports. Thanks for straightening me out.

[Smartaleck]

"What exactly is wrong with any of that?"

It excludes the fact that the Bible consists of two books one of which is the Hebrew Bible and implies that the principles alluded to are Christian only, to the exclusion of half the book from which those values and the heritage of Christ himself are derived.

Yes, it does allude to the Judea aspect further on, but why fan the flames of controversy if it serves no obvious point?

Lastly, the verbiage dismisses the fact that several of the founding fathers were Deist.

[F16Fighter]

"The next plank is on free excericse of religion and the plank after is on religious institutions and governments. What exactly is wrong with any of that?"

It's detractors pretend they fear lantern and pitchforked mobs who threaten beat them to death with King James versions of the Bible.