Right now ... conservative does not mean Christian and THAT goes against the beginnings of our nation.
We can argue and discuss until the cows come home whom was a Christian and all the etcetera's that go along with that ... and it IS meaningful ... to a point.
What is more and most important is, America built churches every place people gathered.
From the time the Pilgrims landed, America built churches and worshipped God.
We prayed for rain for the crops and asked forgiveness for sin and married under God's plan.
You want America back?
MAKE Christianity mean something.
No. Conservatism can be lots of different beliefs it lack of. Well probably not mt Islam.
I disagree. Yes, America is one nation under God, but not one nation under the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We're diverse. Here in the northeast, there are many potential Jewish and Hindu conservatives. They're never going to be Christian, and the Jews will lean libertarian, but there are non Christian people in this country sick of the taxes, who believe in the right to defend themselves, and are scared of government encroachment into their lives.
I heard a couple of Jewish men talking at the community pool the other day. They were talking about gay marriage - you know what upset them? Not gay marriage itself, but that the private business owners were being made to support it.
third party? Well at the very least they will know who to round up for the cattle cars to our destination. For can never say never will it happen again.
A famous and influential FReeper posted this on another thread:
When the Democrat delegates booed the decision to revise the God-less platform stance of the Democrat party, I thought it was a Biblical moment, still do. Nothing could have distinguished the Democrat party from the Republican party more. There should have been ads running in 15 second spots both in English and Spanish.
We should not LIMIT Conservatism by tying it to the Christian faith. We can support all of our arguments without bringing religion into them, but they are much richer with a religious underpinning.
That doesn't mean denying the importance of the Christian faith in the formation of this nation, because most of those who came here were religious in nature, but we've seen immigration from all parts of the world, and many more religious groups. Why should we shut them out of the Conservative movement by making it look as though none but Christians are allowed? They may agree with us on everything, but believe they can't be a part of us because their faith is different. Seems really silly to insulate ourselves in that way.