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Time for the GOP to divorce the Christian right (The masks are coming off)
The Baxter Bulletin | December 30, 2015 | Joseph Cotto

Posted on 12/30/2015 1:03:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 12/30/2015 1:03:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Link to article:

http://www.baxterbulletin.com/story/opinion/2015/12/30/time-gop-divorce-christian-right/78023336/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=


2 posted on 12/30/2015 1:03:52 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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Yep....just like the Dems, all they want is money and votes

Principles be damned


3 posted on 12/30/2015 1:04:04 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat (If you're "offended" by "Merry Christmas" then you have much bigger issues)
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I never thought I would live to see the day. It will be us VS them. I guess it always has been..... just didn’t want to believe it.

Have a Happy New Year Vet!


4 posted on 12/30/2015 1:05:28 PM PST by ColdOne (I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 HillaryForPrison2016)
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“When one thinks about it, Christianity is an inherently left-wing religious system. This extends from Jesus Christ, the ultimate hippie of his day — if he did indeed exist —”

The authors beliefs aside, wouldn’t it blow the brains of both left and right if the Christian Democratic Party arose?

Certainly the European version is left, but ours would be an entirely different viewpoint.


5 posted on 12/30/2015 1:06:40 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Some Freeper will be along shortly to agree with Joecotototo.


6 posted on 12/30/2015 1:07:12 PM PST by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God)
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The divorce occurred at least 7 years ago. The Christian right just had not realized that were the GOP's cuckold .
7 posted on 12/30/2015 1:07:16 PM PST by sport
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I feel so used every time the GOPe presumes to have my vote. It is time for the silent majority to give the boot to the godless GOPe.


8 posted on 12/30/2015 1:09:17 PM PST by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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And vice-versa.


9 posted on 12/30/2015 1:10:05 PM PST by Twinkie (Kneel at the cross, Jesus (Yeshua) will meet you there.)
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The GOP is no longer the party of the right. They are nothing but undercover DemocRats.


10 posted on 12/30/2015 1:10:16 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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Beyond the Christian conservative movement’s sheer goofiness, if any party of the center-right is to prosper, it must be somewhat secular in character. This is because the overwhelming majority of modern-day Christian denominations, from the Roman Catholic Church to mainline Lutherans, are in favor of atrocities like unchecked immigration and welfare statism. When one thinks about it, Christianity is an inherently left-wing religious system. This extends from Jesus Christ, the ultimate hippie of his day — if he did indeed exist — to Paul (nee Saul) who supposedly began evangelizing so that all social and personal inequalities would be absolved through faith in Christ alone. [...] Judaism, on the other hand, is far more adept to political conservatism, yet in America, at least, this is not reflected in voting trends.

This idiot does not get it. Notice he does not explain why 75 percent of the American Jewish vote went to Hussein Obama...TWICE!?
11 posted on 12/30/2015 1:11:03 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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I have frequently said, and firmly believe, that the biggest enemies of social conservatives are liberal Republicans.


12 posted on 12/30/2015 1:12:57 PM PST by Engraved-on-His-hands (Conservative 2016!! The Dole, H.W. Bush, McCain, Romney experiment has failed.)
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Joseph Cotto is a historical and social journalist who writes about politics, economics and social issues. Email him at joseph.f.cotto@gmail.com.

13 posted on 12/30/2015 1:14:18 PM PST by kcvl
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The GOP is finally out of the closet now, rather than fellating the Dems behind closed doors.

The 2016 election cycle will witness their marriage and the rise of a new Conservative party by the rest of us who can’t stand the old parties. There are lots of angry Dems too - and they will end up voting for Trump in order to protect their jobs.

Only the dyed in the wool communists will vote for Hillary or the GOPe.


14 posted on 12/30/2015 1:14:22 PM PST by datura (Proud Infidel)
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Joesph Cotton is an anti-Christian “libertarian” who thinks that the 1% of the population that supports the "libertarian" party is going to make two whits worth of difference in any election.

The fact is, the pro-pot, gay marriage wing of the “conservative” party appeals only to a handful of self-centered white male millennials, who would be lucky if they were sober enough to find their polls to vote on on election day.

Their pro-pot, pro-abortion, gay marriage, anti-military views would be better suited to the Democratic party. We'd be better off if they took their self-serving, disruptive 2% and screwed up that party - instead of demanding that thee pissant little Napoleons take over the Republican party with their loser-stoner demands.

15 posted on 12/30/2015 1:15:41 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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This guy’s questioning whether Jesus even existed gives insight into his worldview. He’s probably an atheist.

Atheists are none to fond of Christians, and there M.O. the last few centuries has been in their minds the belittlement of Christianity.

For the GOP to jettison conservative Christianity would be parallel to the Dems driving out minorities. The numbers lost would doom their existence as a separate party, but more likely is the takeover of their party by a movement determined to elevate conservatism in all its forms.


16 posted on 12/30/2015 1:15:53 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support the troops pray for their victory!)
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Who is this guy and how big a following does he have?
He sounds like a Wing-nut!


17 posted on 12/30/2015 1:15:54 PM PST by vpintheak (Death before disarmament!)
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Great points.


18 posted on 12/30/2015 1:16:09 PM PST by Jane Long (Go Trump, go! Make America Safe Again :)
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Guy looks like a gutless little fairy.


19 posted on 12/30/2015 1:18:11 PM PST by Fido969 ("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income taxes" - Albert Einstein)
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Time for the GOP to divorce the Christian right (The masks are coming off)

No, it's time for the Christian right to shove it up their backside and break it off inside them.

I urged anyone who would listen in Kentucky and Mississippi to burn those two bastards, but everyone kept saying "I couldn't possibly vote for the Democrat!"

Instead, you have just empowered our much more dangerous enemies within our existing party structure.

It's long past time we stopped taking this crap from the Liberal elite of the party. F*** them, and F*** their arrogance. We can burn them, and that is what we should do.

20 posted on 12/30/2015 1:18:24 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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