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babylonsister

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Sat Mar 24, 2012, 12:21 PM Mar 2012

More See "Too Much" Religious Talk by Politicians

More See "Too Much" Religious Talk by Politicians
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A new survey finds signs of public uneasiness with the mixing of religion and politics. The number of people who say there has been too much religious talk by political leaders stands at an all-time high since the Pew Research Center began asking the question more than a decade ago. And most Americans continue to say that churches and other houses of worship should keep out of politics.

Nearly four-in-ten Americans (38%) now say there has been too much expression of religious faith and prayer from political leaders, while 30% say there has been too little. In 2010, more said there was too little than too much religious expression from politicians (37% vs. 29%). The percentage saying there is too much expression of religious faith by politicians has increased across party lines, but this view remains far more widespread among Democrats than Republicans.



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More See "Too Much" Religious Talk by Politicians (Original Post) babylonsister Mar 2012 OP
Yet another chink in the armor longship Mar 2012 #1

longship

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1. Yet another chink in the armor
Sat Mar 24, 2012, 02:23 PM
Mar 2012

Or maybe an Achilles heel.

The deal here is simple, over the past three decades or so the Republicans have morphed into a theocratic party who think that anybody who don't think like them are literally going to Hell.

It explains so much of their behavior, the outrageous bills they put forth, their rhetoric in defending these bills (much of the time in explicitly non-secular language), their inability to compromise with opponents, and the authoritorian nature of using legislative fiat to impose their beliefs on everybody, even those (no, especially those) who think differently from them.

on edit: The problem is that this dog probably won't hunt. Accusing the Republicans of being theocratic undoubtedly could backfire big time.

So how do we approach this, probably their weakest claim.

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