Comments on: GOP Pundit: ‘Armband religion is killing the Republican Party’ http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/11/1003/ Fighting antigay lies and the ex-gay myth Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:13:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Airhart http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/11/1003/comment-page-1/#comment-8583 Michael Airhart Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:44:45 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=1003#comment-8583 Adrian, I once felt greater respect for the Log Cabin Republicans, but it now seems that they will endorse any big-government deficit-spending religious-rightist who calls himself "Republican," especially if the candidate promises to start more wars in countries located far from the real hotbeds of terrorism. Unfortunately, I fear that the LCR's gay Democratic counterparts may similarly endorse Democrats too easily, without sufficient guarantees of fiscally responsible, sustainable, pro-equality policy. The WWJD question is, of course, of no interest to agnostics, Jews, and persons of other religious affiliations. But the question directly addresses the hypocrisy of ex-gay activists and other religious rightists who dishonestly claim to defend "Christian" values. As for whether the U.S. will be more like Europe in a generation: Europe is becoming increasingly antigay, and the United States is becoming overrun by the politics (and religion) of fear and defamation. I think you're being optimistic. Adrian, I once felt greater respect for the Log Cabin Republicans, but it now seems that they will endorse any big-government deficit-spending religious-rightist who calls himself “Republican,” especially if the candidate promises to start more wars in countries located far from the real hotbeds of terrorism.

Unfortunately, I fear that the LCR’s gay Democratic counterparts may similarly endorse Democrats too easily, without sufficient guarantees of fiscally responsible, sustainable, pro-equality policy.

The WWJD question is, of course, of no interest to agnostics, Jews, and persons of other religious affiliations. But the question directly addresses the hypocrisy of ex-gay activists and other religious rightists who dishonestly claim to defend “Christian” values.

As for whether the U.S. will be more like Europe in a generation: Europe is becoming increasingly antigay, and the United States is becoming overrun by the politics (and religion) of fear and defamation. I think you’re being optimistic.

]]> By: Adrian T. http://www.truthwinsout.org/blog/2008/11/1003/comment-page-1/#comment-8582 Adrian T. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:54:26 +0000 http://www.truthwinsout.org/?p=1003#comment-8582 The Terri Schiavo case, where a dead woman's lungs were kept going on a ventilator for ages, against the wishes of the husband, was when people started waking up to how dangerous and interefering the GOP had become. (What exactly does the GOP have to do for the Log Cabins not to endorse them? Or are they big time masochists?). In any case, the good news is in the statistics: younger people are dumping religion in their droves. The GOP should consider that America is just a generation or so behind Europe, and that in a very short time, non-questions like "what would 'Jesus' do" (which the author above shoots himself in the foot by asking) will be a minority obsession, among the Central Time electorate. The Terri Schiavo case, where a dead woman’s lungs were kept going on a ventilator for ages, against the wishes of the husband, was when people started waking up to how dangerous and interefering the GOP had become. (What exactly does the GOP have to do for the Log Cabins not to endorse them? Or are they big time masochists?).

In any case, the good news is in the statistics: younger people are dumping religion in their droves. The GOP should consider that America is just a generation or so behind Europe, and that in a very short time, non-questions like “what would ‘Jesus’ do” (which the author above shoots himself in the foot by asking) will be a minority obsession, among the Central Time electorate.

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