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GRAND SLAM. Awesome post. Taranto gets it...yet again.
The relgious right represents the moral consensus that existed before the "sexual revolution." Why should they abandon their notions of right and wrong from those of the '60s generation which despite what liberal "boomers" think is barely majority opinion among themselves but not that among the older and younger generations. So we have aging liberals against both their parents and their children.
What we need in this country is a whole lot more of people minding their own business. This usually means stopping lefties from shoving their nonsense down our throats, but it does unfortunately apply sometimes to conservative Christians.
I suppose it is because I am put off by self-righteousness, closed-mindedness, and contempt for democracy and pluralism--all of which characterize the opposition to the religious right.
IOW, the "religious-right" represents our best hope for true "freedom" -- as has been the case since the days of the Founding Fathers.
Funny, but to certain myopic, ignorant Freepers, the "religious-right (Taliban)" are forever their antagonists.
Bump. Great piece. Taranto is dead on. The professional haters of the "religious right" are a bunch of narrow-minded, doctrinaire bigots.
bump.
These self-righteous ideologues just can't stand it when the tide goes against them. They've had it their way too long and now when faced with the fact that people resent their judicially imposed secular ideas, they're resorting to rank ad-hominem and condescension.
For example, (see Drudge) the unruly student who was arrested for disorderly conduct after asking an insulting question to Ann Coulter at her University speech in Austin. These are just spoiled brats who childishly think the world should revolve around them and they throw disruptive tantrums when it doesn't.
He hit it from Fenway Park all the way to Dodger stadium. He must have read some of my posts on this very forum.
Have I cloned myself, that is the question.
Yep he did.
Morality, which is a cornerstone of religious belief, is by itself a conviction which has made our country a great one.
Not religion in itself.
The "left" lacks moral conviction and religion has nothing to do with their lacking.
Whoa!!! Somebody noticed! He nailed it.
It is the strength on the life issue. Pro-lifers, along with tax haters and gun owners are backbone of the party, and are the "big three" in the coalition.
It is the weakness when it pushes for heavy regulation of the airwave by unelected bureaucrats(FCC) under the excuse of so-called "decency"(which is what government decides "decency" is).
How refreshing!
I couldn't read the article, but this is what I think: the left wants moral to dissapear so that they can hold power.
1.- They want people dependent on subsidies, so they vote them.
2.- They promote hedonism: "it's all about me; if a baby is an inconvenience, I eliminate him"; "have a lot of sex"; "try same gender partners, it's normal and gives a lot of pleasure"; etc. Bottom line "do whatever you the f@ck you want to do and leave me alone; I just want to be happy". The more hedonists there are, the more votes they have.
3.- They support ONU, Greenpeace et al; they all do the same; they are platforms of power that are not even elected by the people.
This is why they don't want people believe that there is a power above, a power saying what's right and wrong. They want to implement their own definition of good and evil. A purely human definition, and the one that is convenient for them.
Any person, Christian or not, if he / she has morals, or as long as he / she sees what the liberals are after, they will be closer to Christians or religious people.
It's good when you know you hold the key
It's good when you know your on the winning team
The sick will be healed, the blind will see
It's the power of God, and its what this world needs
First, religion is wrong; faith is almoast essential to life and sanity, but in what or whom do we place our trust?
Makes Christopher Hitchens' missive ('Why I'm Against The Religious Right') a bit hollow don'tchaknow.