Just when you think it can't get any worse, the Republican National Committee has started sending fliers to people in West Virginia basically saying that if the Dems win in November, reading the Bible will be banned and "men will marry men."
Uh huh.
Last I checked, I can still freely practice my faith. I am a minister and I feel safe to express my Christianity. As for men marrying men, well, Massachusetts has been doing that for several months and I don't see the Bay State being invaded by locusts or anything.
The RNC is more and more deciding to become the "Hezboallah Republicans" (Party of God) instead of just courting the far right. As Eva Young loves to say, the GOP has to decide if it wants to be the party of inclusive Republicans like John McCain and George Pataki, or if they want to be the party of exclusive Republicans like Marilyn Musgrave and Rick Santorum. I guess the RNC thinks that they can be really popular by choosing the latter.
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Posted by: php at July 17, 2005 04:58 AMThis was dumb of the RNC. People should call Ed Gillespie tomorrow and give him an earful over this.
Maybe this stuff works, but I tend to be an optimist that thinks this will backfire - especially if it gets out from under the radar.
Posted by: Eva Young at September 19, 2004 11:16 PMVERY VERY Scary, but sad to say, I think that something like this is going to have to happen in order to bring about real change in either party. I believe part of the fundamental issue today is that both major parties are trying to "win" rather than taking a stance on what they believe in. This leads to confusion among the general voting population and closely contested elections where at the end of the day, no one "wins" including the US population.
While I think it's sad that some people in the RNC feel the need to position themselves so extremely opposed to what I personally believe in, I do think that both major parties need to stand for something. Let's face it no one can be all things to all people and I think that's part of what people have been trying to do for the last few election cycles.
I would love to chat about this sometime with you and get a different person's perspective.
--Scott
Posted by: Scott at September 18, 2004 07:18 PM