What ultimately drove Danforth to action was the Terri Schiavo case. To him, Republican leaders "abandoned with ease" the party's principles against government intervention in individual lives and federal intervention in state matters when they sought to block the removal of her feeding tube - just to please the Christian right.
Then there are the stances on stem-cell research and the federal marriage amendment, which he says are attempts to legislate a particular religious view. Republicans in Missouri are trying to make stem-cell research a criminal offense, and Danforth, an abortion opponent, has done a TV ad opposing the legislation.
ANALYSIS: 'St. Jack' hits the religious right
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Lincoln, NE (LifeNews.com) -- A Nebraska group that lost out on its effort to get state voters to approve an initiative to protect the elderly and disabled is upset that Secretary of State John Gale did not approve the measure for the ballot. The organization says Gale relied on outdated information in saying that it did not gather enough signatures to get on the November ballot.
Gale said that Nebraskans for Humane Care failed to turn in the necessary number of signatures to qualify.
But, the group said Gale used a higher standard for the number of signatures needed than necessary because his office used incorrect information.
Nebraska Group Upset Secretary of State Dumped Initiative on Disabled
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