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A MANDATE FOR CULTURE WAR: That's Bill Bennett's conclusion. He won't be the only one. What we're seeing, I think, is a huge fundamentalist Christian revival in this country, a religious movement that is now explicitly political as well. It is unsurprising, of course, given the uncertainty of today's world, the devastating attacks on our country, and the emergence of so many more liberal cultures in urban America. And it is completely legitimate in this country for such views to be represented in public policy, however much I disagree with them. But the intensity of the passion, and the inherently totalist nature of religiously motivated politics means deep social conflict if we are not careful. Our safety valve must be federalism.


This is why I voted for GW. The "intensity of the passion" is the thing that has made us (conservatives, Christians, Jews, moralists, right-wingers, whatever the label....) realize that we have to take action against the deterioration of the foundations that our country was built on. How many times does it have to be said before liberals understand???? Idealogy is not a trump card for moral fortitude.

[M-cubed]

Well said!