[longtermmemmory]

It was not the "religious right" that pushed gay marriage to the center of the public debate; it was courts in Hawaii, Vermont, and Massachusetts. It wasn't the "religious right" that ordered Terri Schiavo's feeding tube removed; it was a Florida Supreme Court that struck down a law passed by the Florida legislature and signed by Governor Jeb Bush which would have allowed Terri Schiavo to live. And it isn't the "religious right" that forced the United States Supreme Court to repeatedly issue rulings on areas of law that would have been better left to legislatures.


The experssion comes to mind: We did not start this fight, but we are sure going to finish it.


Judges are now establishing themselves as "the enemy". Now we have the think black line.

[Ben Chad]

A totally non-religious person with any empathy at all will see the cruel injustice being perpetrated in Florida.

[goldstategop]

People of faith want a place a table of democracy. The Left has bullied them around and bulldozed over them for decades. And a lot of people are finally saying "enough." And they could care less what the polls think of them. They want public officials to pay attention to "moral values" issues. If last November didn't send our elites a message in that regards, then the next election will. The eagerness of secularists to see Terri Schiavo die is making pro-Life people even more determined to advance their agenda around the country.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[goldstategop]

People of faith want a place at the table of democracy. The Left has bullied them around and bulldozed over them for decades. And a lot of people are finally saying "enough." And they could care less what the polls think of them. They want public officials to pay attention to "moral values" issues. If last November didn't send our elites a message in that regards, then the next election will. The eagerness of secularists to see Terri Schiavo die is making pro-Life people even more determined to advance their agenda around the country.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[AZ_Cowboy]

I still see absolutely no reason at all to be worried about the so-called "Religious Right". Since the founding, various religious-based groups have been accused of trying to impose a theocracy on this country. The first example of this kind of irrational hatred can be found in those who wanted to mandate the Anglican Church as the official religion because they feared the Baptists would try and impose a theocracy. Since then, the impending theocracy argument has been trotted out regularly pretty much once a decade.

Since the detractors have been proven to be wrong for over 200 years, I see no reason to believe them now. Nobody accused Down or Krugman of being smart, however.

[tkathy]

The talk show hosts have been ginning up the sheeple over this, to a state of raging hatred, to the detriment of rational discourse.

[BamaAndy]

We should ask Dowd that since we have arrived at a theocracy, what happens if we skip church on Sundays. And can we not still drink beer, listen to rock and roll and go naked in our yards...
I suppose she's wrong as usual because if I were compelled to do any of the above, I do not anticipate an arrest.

[Noachian]

It's time that each Congressman and Senator was asked for his views on how to control the Judiciary when they ask for our vote at election time.

Congress has shirked its duty for too long. Congress has the constitutional authority to control the court system and it hasn't done so. The results is a rogue court system where "the tail wags the dog".

[Mmmike]

Common law comes from Canon Law. We are at the point where almost no one dare inquire as to the origins of our own system of law, or the implications.

[jpl]

No doubt anyone who thinks that the parents should at least have been given the basic common decency to be permitted to be at their own child's bedside when she passed away is a "religious extremist".

I'm more fearful for the future of our country right now than I've ever been.