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I think that the only reason that religious idiots are in the Republican Party is because the Party opened itself up to them when Reagan did his "Southern Strategy" in the 1980's.
I know that when I was growing up in the 1960's and 1970's it was the opposite. The South was solidly Democrat and the religious people were all Democrats in my family.
As far as fiscal conservative ideas that the Republicans are supposed to stand for...the religious faction doesn't really even consider that.
The Democrat Party of today is also a completely different animal than it was when I was growing up.
Back then...living in Florida, the Dems were the racists. And it turned out, ironically, that they were the ones who ushered in civil rights under LBJ and forever took the black vote.
But at the same time, unfortunately, LBJ escalated the Vietnam War to the point that LBJ refused to run for President for a second full term because of the violent anti-war protests going on in the country.
I remember when the Dems nominated George McGovern for President in 1972 and he lost in the biggest landslide in history to Nixon. The general population completely rejected him as too liberal.
I am embarrassed quite frankly that any of our leaders proclaim to be "Christians". When they say that, it means that they are straight faced telling all of us that they believe in fairy tales.
To teach "creationism" in schools IS ridiculous.
But then we have to look at our form of govt.
If the people themselves are so religiously fervent and demand that kind of stupidity...then what do we do?
We don't elect Kings. We elect REPRESENTATIVES of the people.
And unfortunately for us...most people seem to be not so bright. And they want the govt. to hand them "free" money, "free" healthcare, and believe in Jesus.
It's pretty sad.
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