thinkprogress.org — This weekend, top conservatives from Tony Snow and Attorney General Gonzales to Sen. George Allen (R-VA) and Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AK) to Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity ? appeared at the Family Research Council?s ?Values Voter Summit.?
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brain1Sep 27, 2006
I bet if Jesus was with us on this"Plane of Reality" that he would most definatly be a Democrat. Democrats help the diadvantaged , and poor. Jesus Helped the sick and blind. Republicans ignore such people, and for the life of me, I cant understand why Repubs even go to church.
Closed AccountSep 27, 2006
@Corrosionx and brain1Jesus was "No part of the world" so placing him or relating him to some worldly organization holds no water here.
vengefultacosSep 27, 2006
Quoted from the article, Wellington Boon said:"...they’re fussing on it, they’re saying a few things, but they don’t have me, you know, in their, you know, on their web sites. They’re not coming at me strong."Gosh. Mr. Boon wants to appear on gay men's websites and have gay men coming at him. No repression there... no siree...
galoreSep 27, 2006
@JavaBean"Care to define a "Conservative"?"In the purest sense, it is somebody who dislikes change. The opposite of progressive, I guess.It is not just the religious right who are against gay rights. Or do you call all those Republican congress people who never vote for gay-positive legislation members of the religious right?
kremvaxSep 27, 2006
In the US, Marriage is a legally binding contract recorded by the state that gives you a particular tax status, and also allows for the transfer of material assets and things like health insurance. Your marriage license is issued by your state.It's also the name of a ceremony applied by a number of religions. Many officiants of these ceremonies have a corresponding license to marry people by law as well as religious ceremony.The "conservatives" are looking to pass laws to make the former illegal for homosexual US citizens though. And be sure that voters are confused between the two concepts, and lead them to believe that homosexuals should not be afforded the same tax and legal status' as other americans, for fear of somehow diminishing the sentiment over the latter optional religious ceremony.
web_weaselSep 27, 2006
@galoreYou are correct. These ammendments are nothing more then gay bashing. There are a lot of homophobes in this country. There are also a lot of good Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and Pagans. They are ignored by the MSM because they don't say anything inflamatory.
rickdiculousSep 27, 2006
Thank you lordgardner. I was just about to post that! Also, AR stands for ARKANSAS, not ARIZONA (for everyone who still gets this wrong day to day), as lordgardner pointed out. I wonder how many people read the article before posting comments? Did you notice it was from Think Progress? I wonder how dugg up an article from any outwardly conservative blog would be. It would be buried immediately! Because most people here have already made up their minds: Democrats good, conservatives bad. I guess it's time that digg became the slashdot for the 14 year olds. I'm starting to hate digg.
akzidenzgroteskSep 27, 2006
for those that think being gay is choice, just ask them this: if a gay person can choose to be straight, could you choose to be gay?
vejaduSep 27, 2006
These people are not conservatives, they're Neo-cons. They don't represent the views of true conservatives.
javabeanSep 28, 2006
@AeonTorpor Personal attacks are always fun I'm sure, but being a conservative myself (not sure what your definition is but it can't be anywhere near mine) I believe in the power of the individual and that the government should stay out of the personal lives of civilians. If teaching a person to be self-sufficient isn't teaching (pretty much what mschatzabel's quote relates to), then what is????
corrosionxSep 29, 2006
Can't see why I've been modded down for pointing out Jesus wasn't about taking people's money by force to redistribute it as he saw fit. Is that inaccurate, is that offensive? You think Jesus would've? It must be pretty offensive if I got -19@kremvax: he still wouldn't have taken your money by force or condoned anyone who did. he'd still try to persuade you to give your money voluntarily to charitable causes.
corrosionxOct 1, 2006
@Popcan:Did you think it was gonna be easy? That the solution would be right on your ballot? Your vote is wasted anyways man. The elections are rigged (in favor of Republicans and Democrats). Welcome to the U.S.S.A.
ryanschmidtSep 18, 2007
Alright, let's make some noise about this outrage: <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Values_Voters_Debate_BOGUS">http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Values_Voters_Debate_BOGUS</a>