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To: mlc9852
The most exposure I have ever had to atheists is right here on FR which surprised me. I would have expected atheists to be democrats.

Exactly why would you expect atheists to be democrats? Or is this just more bigotry? The association between Republicanism and Christianity (particularly fundamentalist Christianity) in the US is a comparatively modern phenomenon. Perhaps you don't realise that in many countries round the world it is Christianity and Socialism that march hand-in-hand.

430 posted on 11/02/2005 9:55:21 AM PST by Thatcherite (Feminized androgenous automaton euro-weenie blackguard)
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To: Thatcherite

And I recently heard that only 55 percent of Britons believe in God. Doesn't surprise me.


431 posted on 11/02/2005 9:58:17 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: Thatcherite
The association between Republicanism and Christianity (particularly fundamentalist Christianity) in the US is a comparatively modern phenomenon.

I wish I had more time to continue this thread and discuss issues not pertaining to my interpretation of the U.S.Consitution. Throw the following into any search engine of your choice and then please come back and revise your statement: "Christian abolitionists", "founding of the Republican party," "Abraham Lincoln," and "ending salvery in the U.S.".

You'll discover that Christians founded the Republican party. And back in those days, it was still acceptable to allow your Christian beliefs to influence your public policy descision making and voting.

Another poster earlier went on about Christianity supporting slavery or some such thing. The truth is, if it wasn't for Christians, slavery in America would not have been ended when it did.

436 posted on 11/02/2005 11:00:13 AM PST by Diplomat (Give me a real Conservative on the Supreme Court, or give me Republican party death!)
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To: Thatcherite
Most of this stems from Nixon's "Southern Strategy." Many Southern Democrats (especially the segregationists) moved to the GOP.
437 posted on 11/02/2005 11:12:12 AM PST by Doctor Stochastic (Vegetabilisch = chaotisch ist der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
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