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With my knowledge of Danforth, I wasn't going to bother seeing what he actually wrote. Then I thought, hey, I may be unfair to him.

Wrong.

According to the St Louis paper, here's what Danforth objected to as religious laws:

"He cited the GOP's stance on gay marriage, stem cell research and the case of Terri Schiavo, in which Congress intervened over whether her feeding tube should be restored."

Let's see, even in California, almost 70% of the voters voted against gay marriage. Two, the debate over stem cell research divides people of goodwill of all and no religions. Three, Congress voted to extend the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts to allow them to take a new look at cases like Schiavo's to insure that the civil rights of American citizens are violated.

This is Danforth's best shot? That's all he can come up with to damn the religious right's mouthpiece, the GOP? It's more pathetic than I thought it would be.

Full disclosure, I'm a not very religious, secular, libertarian-minded conservative.

There's more:

"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."

Gee, that's White of Danforth not to blame religious people for expressing their views. He probably would even invite one to dinner, but would he allow his daughter to date one?

If you can stand it, more follows:

"What brought him and other Republicans together in the Senate, he wrote, were shared views on small government, limited taxation and regulation, judicial restraint, strong national defense and free trade."

Sorry, I don't recall Danforth as a small government, anti-tax guy. "Judicial restraint"!!! For Pete's sake man, that's what the whole gay marriage and Terri Schiavo issue is about. The legislature is trying (half-heartedly) to defend itself and the American People from the ursupation of power by Judges. Gay marriage is being forced upon us by courts in Hawaii, Vermont and Massachusetts, the People and their representatives have been forced to turn to legislation to maintain the law. Danforth the Blind can't see this? No, he's too busy toadying up to the NY Times and his elite pals.