Posted on 05/13/2015 10:27:51 PM PDT by nickcarraway
It is nearly axiomatic that presidential contests tend to shine a harsh light on conservative Christians — inasmuch as they are viewed as the Republican Party’s base and are, therefore, deemed fair game.
Of course, religious folks come in a variety of stripes, checks and polka dots. Many are Democrats. But it is the members of the Christian right — evangelicals and Catholics, especially — who are treated every four years to the sneers of lefties, academics, proud atheists (allow me to quote myself: “There’s no dogma like no dogma”) and certain but not all media.
Roger Ailes’s Fox News has succeeded in no small part because he doesn’t treat Christians as though they’re Darwin’s missing link.
Fortunately for Western civilization, Christianity has survived worse insults. Lately, conservative Christians in the country that codified freedom of religion have been placed on the defensive. Often viewed as obstructionists to progress, a secular world wonders: What’s wrong with those people? Why can’t they just get with the program?
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She’s not voting for Hillary like she did Obama?
How can you tell them apart?
How cute. An accessory to murder defending the religion that abhors killing the innocent. Jesus doesn’t need your defense, you murderous, flip-flopping, totalitarian, gringo-turncoat.
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Can’t say I blame you.
I don’t care about fluffy words.
I care about what he says he supports and what he wants to do. And I am not voting for him because he’s supporting the continued destruction of the country. Period.
Thanks very much, sweet you.
Just watched 3 seconds of it because I realized I had never really heard him speak. His voice is super irritating. This guy has literally nothing to recommend him.
LOL. Well, I’ve heard him speak.
The democrat party is evil... ALL OF THEM....
F them and their hippy/socialist fantasies.
His support of Common Core is enough to eliminate him from the running.
Stay out da’ Bushes.
Defense of Christianity?
I’d rather offend than be defended...
Jeb Bush murdered Terri Schiavo.
Likely that neither Bush nor Parker understand the Catholic social teaching of subsidiarity, which says that government should be as local and decentralized as humanly possible.
The Washington ComPost shilling for Bush III.
They will shill for him all the way until he wraps up the primary...and then they will treat him like Ted Cruz.
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