[Right Wing Professor]

Do you have evidence that the ones who do aren't liberal when it comes to nearly all other issues besides religion in schools?

I know when I talk to a couple of more liberal Jewish friends about politics the one issue above all else that they raise is separation of Church and State, and the influence of the religious right in the GOP. I used to claim their fears were greatly exaggerated, and the majority in the GOP, if not secular, were at least not overt theocrats. I can't plausibly claim that any more.

[jwalsh07]

I know when I talk to a couple of more liberal Jewish friends about politics the one issue above all else that they raise is separation of Church and State, and the influence of the religious right in the GOP. I used to claim their fears were greatly exaggerated, and the majority in the GOP, if not secular, were at least not overt theocrats. I can't plausibly claim that any more.

Presumably the liberal Jewish communities wont to embrace each and every gun control law also originates from their fear of Christian theocrats. After all being weaponless worked so well in Europe in the late 30's and early 40's.

[inquest]

I know when I talk to a couple of more liberal Jewish friends about politics the one issue above all else that they raise is separation of Church and State, and the influence of the religious right in the GOP.

And if that were to go away, would they switch over to the GOP because of their naturally conservative views on spending, gun control, abortion (oops, can't mention that; "religious right" and all), and overregulation? Somehow I'm skeptical. "Religious right" is simply a convienient excuse for a lot of liberals, of all religious backgrounds. In reality, they're liberal because they're liberal.

[Doctor Stochastic]

Some Jewish conservatives (delegates to the 1992 GOP convention) have left the party because of Buchannan's speech thereunto. It will be a couple of generations before Pat's damage is undone in this area.