I'll bet you're a homosexual baby killer too. I don't know how we got stuck with people like YOU. If it wasn't for Christians this country wouldn't be, b/c people like you settled for the status quo in jolly Old Europe. I'm sure the first settlers said " Gee lets risk our lives for fiscally conservative principles!" Be that as it may I'll have to pray for you and your ilk. God Bless America and God Bless our President.
If not for the "religious right," the Republican Party would be a permanent (and very small) minority in both houses of congress. And you would be zieg heil-ing President Gore right now, and President Hillary in 2008.
The only buffer between you and Hillary hell is the religious right, whether they make you "cringe" or not.
I understand your stance...Although I disagree with it, I'm not offended by it. But I'm curious....Why would you deliberately try and "Stir the Pot"? As it seems by your actions....your intention is to insult those that you differ with.
FWIW-
I have converted to being an evangelical atheist, and remain a Republican.
Why we are stuck with these as an integral section of our party I can not understand.
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e·van·gel·i·cal ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vn-jl-kl, vn-) also e·van·gel·ic (-jlk)
A"the*ist\, n. [Gr. ? without god; 'a priv. + ? god: cf. F. ath['e]iste.] 1. One who disbelieves or denies the existence of a God, or supreme intelligent Being.
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The Republican Party percieves that Conservative Christians are a political liability. (See Morris Dumps The Religious Right and Abandonment Of Gop Conservatives... May Cost Bush The Election) The 2004 Republican Party Platform: A Safer World and a More Hopeful ... is written to retain the Christian Conservative vote and is non-binding on politicans, policies, and legislation. (See Op-Ed: Why I Will Waste No More Votes On The GOP It allowed us to work hard on the platform committees, grudgingly tossing us a bone that we might be kept within the fold and our votes might be kept secure. But it never considered, for even a moment, the possibility of standing on that platform. Even Bob Dole in 1996 callously dismissed the outstanding platform given him by countless thousands of hard working precinct workers across the land. Valley News Web Story Layout "The platform is the platform, and no president has ever run on the platform of the party, whether you are Republican or a Democrat. It's kind of a meaningless thing that keeps the activists busy, but in the long run doesn't really make any difference." )