The Extreme Right Republican-Religious Coalition - GOOD or BAD for America?
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Both parties know that in 2004, the level of Americans’ religious observance determined their votes more than income, age or gender (according to the Pew Research Center). Looking towards the 2006 campaigns, if Democrats offer voters genuine thoughts on faith and God -- without the Religious Right’s hypocrisy or the Bush Administration’s constitutional violations – this could be the year to restore honesty in Congress and humility in political discussions of religion.Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the president and his administration have converged a religious fundamentalist worldview with a political agenda -- a distinctly partisan one, wrapped in the mantle of national interest but crafted by and for only those who share their outlook.
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The right-winged, crazy, Bible beating, Christian fundamentalists.  AKA  the Bush administration
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I've been thinking about this for quite awhile now in an attempt to try to understand the answer to your exact question.\n\nI used to think that Republicans who support Bush were just haters who were obviously miserable unhappy ppl that wanted to be angry and blame everybody else for what flaws they saw in their lives; BUT, I have come to realize this is incorrect.\n\nThe answer lies in the fundamental way of thinking. I will explain: take for example, homosexuality. The rightwing take the fact that the Bible states homosexuality is a sin to mean that it should not be allowed in our society. They see things in flat black and white; based purely on what THEY have decided is right and wrong. With this true conviction that they are right, they feel they have the authority, as the majority, to impose their beliefs on society, ignoring the rights of the minority.\n\nThe liberal pt of view, stems from society as a whole and the rights of the individual even when in the minority. Liberals, while many also considering homosexuality a sin in the Bible, do not feel it is their place to dictate to another person how he/she should live their life as long as it is within the confinements of the law. So, you see, the liberal-minded seem to look beyond themselves and what THEY believe is right or wrong. \n\nDon't mean to make this a gay posting.. that was just an example to try to explain my answer to your question.
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Republicans, they are much more of a threat to our way of life. Muslim extremists can be dealt with, American extremism is far more insidious.
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Well, I'm an extreme left-wing liberal Atheist, and some of my BEST friends are extreme right-wing conservative Christians/Catholics.\n\nIt's pretty simple, we don't talk about it.\n\nAnd if we do, we listen to each other's opinions and move on.  We don't try to change each other's minds or disrespect our beliefs/non-beliefs.
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I thought everybody already knew that religion, or the fanatical, misguided practice of it, was the source of violence in the Middle East.  And why do we keep electing religious whackos in this country????  Because a majority of the voting population cast ballots based on their religious beliefs.  So, is this country run by the Christian Church?  It sure feels that way to me.  I am a Republican, but am feeling shut out by the Christian fanaticism.
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Yes but being a 'bleeding heart liberal' is a good thing. Neocons just have no clue about what Christianity really is.
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I believe that all authority is appointed by God wether it is good or evil. So with that being said I feel it is up to our leaders to make that decision not us and that Christians should not be involved in politics unless God has led them to be a figure of authority. I fear the religious right getting their way in the political realm far more than I do the atheists. It is the religious leaders such as the Christian coalition that are stripping the American citizens of their rights.
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The marriage of the current Republican Party to the religious right has done more damage to this country than Fat Man and Little Boy did to Japan in 1945. (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
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Well I'm no American but it's obvious to me, even from outside, that the Republicans, at least, exploit religion and religious people, rather than trying to subdue it, and that the religious right has far more political power in the USA than any other western country. If the article is correct, you are left with having to explain the anomaly that the USA is the most religious western country and ALSO the most consumerist western country. And as far as the best society being based on religious moral codes, then why does the most religious western country have the highest rates of violent crime, teenage pregnancies, abortions, and lowest social justice? (perhaps its relevant that, as shown by psychological experiments and brains scans, cults create barriers where people outside the immediate cultural group are subconsciously seen as less human, or even a threat). Such an article could only convince insular, conspiracy-theory leaning (cultural influence of religious fear?) Americans.\n\nBut yes, everyone is influenced by their cultural environment. The challenge is to see through it as much as possible and everything is worth thinking about.
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True conservatives are beyond cheated by this administration: they have been betrayed. True conservatives are fiscally responsible and socially moderate. These ultra religious right republicans are the fringe of the GOP, not the mainstream, but given their marketing skills, one could be forgiven for believing that they were in fact the majority. Indeed, the entire country has been cheated, betrayed, misled and abused by BushCo. The only republicans who should be returned to office in the coming elections are the ones who have demonstrated some conscience about the fraud perpetrated against the American people and, more importantly, our Constitution. There are VERY few republicans who qualify, however.
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Bush is the first president to be elected based on his theocracy not his democracy. Republicans and the religious right wings impose their belief systems onto our own citizens and then get reelected. I think this encourages their zeal, and they really think they are doing the right thing.
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Radical right wing religious.
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Am I concerned?  Very much so.  The other day I saw Rudy Giuliani on TV talking about God in an evangelical church.  Rudy Giuliani!  I was sick to my stomach for about 5 minutes.  It was much easier to look at the pictures of the couple that got bit by bed bugs that they keep showing on TV.  \n\nDo I think it will happen?  No.  The Republican Party is going to lose much of its moderate base if they keep this crap up.  I think that mainstream America is beginning to wake up to the real issues and understand that fundamentalists shouldn't be legislating our morals.
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It's all about the 3 G's, Guns, Gays, and God. The big question is have you heard the prez or for that matter the republicans say much about any of the 3 since the election?
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Congratulations! This is one of the best questions you have asked so far.\n\nThere is good news that the federal amendment did not pass. The bad news is that there are still plenty of states that already have passed amendments and laws banning gay marriage. Perhaps, with this being a states' issue, we will see another sad chapter (one that happened a little closer to home) repeat itself.\n\nUnfortunately, you are getting some bad responses from people who don't see what you are seeing. Massive genocide, or even something not as extreme, doesn't happen overnight. We are seeing the beginings of the religious right's attempt to divide Americans. It won't stop here. If they had their ways, marriage wouldn't be the only right not allowed to gays. They would also not stop at gays.\n\nWhat we are seeing isn't rasicm so people can easily look past it. They believe that people are gay by choice and that makes it easier for them to discriminate. They also believe that people are Muslim or Jewish or atheist by choice and they think that these people should change their ways.\n\nThe person who said history repeats itself is right. The more the religious right is allowed to control politics and our culture and divide Americans, the further away we will go towards allowing all people equal rights and equal freedoms.
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Marry, you need to look it up and learn something. You are right they are nothing alike the Repuglican party has been taken over by fanatic Christians, extreme right wing Nazi like people. That will be their downfall though when it all catches up with them in November.