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Danforth objects to basing law on religious views
St. Louis Post-Dispatch ^
| 03/30/2005
| Philip Dine
Posted on 04/03/2005 5:15:43 AM PDT by Joe Republc
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Wow! My eyes are opened now about Danforth -- although I suppose it doesn't matter much anymore since he's mostly out of the political picture. At least he was a staunch supporter of Judge Thomas. But his views on stem cell research on gay marriage are pretty disturbing, esp. because he rejects them as 'religious views'. And that he seems to equate this to writing religious docs, which is 'exactly what the Constitution says we can't do'.
Yikes!
-- Joe
To: Joe Republc
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:21:32 AM PDT
by
sure_fine
(*not one to over kill the thought process*)
To: Joe Republc
Of course he has no objection to the Left imposing secularist views on our country via the courts. The only time Danforth finds his voice is when social conservatives seek to level the playing field. Nah, he doesn't get it.
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:24:02 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Joe Republc
He's an Episcopal minister, so what can you expect? He HAS no religious precepts to follow.
To: Joe Republc
"It becomes extraordinarily divisive and legislatures get themselves entangled with writing religious documents into legislative form," Danforth said. "It's exactly what the Constitution says we can't doNo, it says we can't have a state administered Church. How ignorant Danforth is.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:27:10 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(McClellan: Do away with daily press briefings! Come straight to the New Media!)
To: sure_fine
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:30:35 AM PDT
by
7.62 x 51mm
(• Veni • Vidi • Vino • Visa • "I came, I saw, I drank wine, I shopped")
To: kittymyrib
He's an Episcopal minister, so what can you expect? He HAS no religious precepts to follow. LOL! No wonder the Republican Party has had internal weaknesses for the last few decades! RINOs!
Thank the Lord the Democrats are better at shooting themselves in the foot (at least for the moment), than our so-called "Republican" leadership!
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:30:51 AM PDT
by
Kimba
To: kittymyrib
He's an Episcopal minister, so what can you expect? Correct.
He is simply reflecting his Church's muddied cultural identity.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:31:29 AM PDT
by
ThirstyMan
(Why is it, all the dead vote for Democrats?)
To: Joe Republc
efforts by some Missouri GOP legislators to outlaw stem cell research involving cells artificially produced in petri dishes also disturbed him, because the basis was religious doctrine.If respect for life and revulsion over creating it to destroy it for some other perceived good is a position based on one's faith, I am fine with that. What I really think is that the effort is afoot to diminish respect and reverence for life, which is part of a larger agenda and I am sorry that Danforth cannot see this.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:33:01 AM PDT
by
Bahbah
(Something wicked this way comes)
To: Joe Republc
Danforth, an Episcopal priest, wrote that he didn't blame religious people for expressing their political views, but faulted the Republican Party for having "become the political extension of a religious movement."
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Let's see. The founding father's with a strong belief in Juseo-Christian Values founded this country and stated that our inalienable rights which are endowed by "Our Creator" that all men are created equal. Are these their "Political views" or their "Religious views" Mr. Danforth?
I think Mr Danforth, and Episcopal Preacher, He is not a Priest! -- Sounds like he has had his values reversed to accept the Progressive Socialist view that our rights come from the "WORLD GOVERNMENT" -- He's been twisted to the UN point of view -- He's probably been bought.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:33:20 AM PDT
by
26lemoncharlie
(Sit nomen Dómini benedíctum,Ex hoc nunc, et usque in sæculum! per ómnia saecula saeculórum)
To: kittymyrib
I am a Southern Baptist, but please don't start the denominational bashing on Sunday!
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:35:31 AM PDT
by
Coldwater Creek
('We voted like we prayed")
To: Joe Republc
Terri's death has fleshed out non-Christians.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:37:32 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: Joe Republc
This opens up a new battlefield. If the ten commandments say that murder is wrong...what do we do?
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:38:53 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Liberals believe in their good; a good that is void of honesty and character)
To: kittymyrib; mariabush
As an ex-episcopalian, the poster is absolutely correct in stating the Episcopalian has no core beliefs. They jettisoned them long ago.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:39:36 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: Loud Mime
If the ten commandments say that murder is wrong...what do we do?That is your truth.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:40:29 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: kittymyrib
When things like this are said about Catholics, they are referred to as bigots. Seems to work with you as well.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:44:12 AM PDT
by
dmz
To: Bahbah
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:50:17 AM PDT
by
sport
To: Joe Republc
Cazart! This guy was a top-5 candidate for a Supreme Court position? What a bought-and-sold loser! Thanks for the post, Joe.
To: Raycpa
From an ex-Methodist, better include them too! I left the day the minister asked for donations to support VC field hospitals. I was, of course, already a little POd about donations made to the national coalition to ban handguns.
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:52:29 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(Let Me Die on My Feet in the Swamp, BUAIDH NO BAS)
To: Joe Republc
And exactly what laws are you referring to Mr. Danforth???
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posted on
04/03/2005 5:53:39 AM PDT
by
DB
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