Let me assure you, it was people just like are posting on this thread who got us to that point.
The good thing about election 2004 and the values vote is it sends a message to the RINOS that they are not really wanted on a national level in the GOP. McCain will do a nose dive in the south if he runs in 2008, thank God !
But then again, where was Alan in 2004 during the primaries. Illinois hadn't placed the phone call yet and he sat out the primary because either he was scared or he bought into the sales pitch by Bush and Team that GWB was the evangelical choice. Alan was rarely above the radar in 2004 until Illinois.
It really seems to come down to the fact that some of us believe morality is absolute, and some of us don't.
I'm not sure such conflict will ever be resolved until Christ returns...