Its about time someone stood up
Danforth Criticizes Christian Sway in GOP
Oct 26 8:51 PM US/Eastern
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By DANIEL CONNOLLY
Associated Press Writer
The influence of evangelical Christians in the Republican Party hurts the organization and divides the country, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said during a visit to the Bill Clinton School of Public Service on Wednesday.
Danforth, a former Republican senator from Missouri and an Episcopal priest, met with students during a seminar and held a luncheon talk at the graduate school.
"I think that the Republican Party fairly recently has been taken over by the Christian conservatives, by the Christian right," he said in an interview after his talks. "I don't think that this is a permanent condition but I think this has happened, and that it's divisive for the country."
He also said the evangelical Christian influence would be bad for the party in the long run.
Bravo! The Christian right's goal is to turn this nation into its own form of theocracy.
It wants to deny the teaching of science in our public schools. Its wants to dictate to Americans what they can and can't do as consenting adults in the privacy of their own bedrooms. Its wants to prevent you from being able to choose what you read and watch on television. It wants intercede in the middle of intensely difficult end-of-life choices faced by families every day. Unfortunately, the Republicans have become sycophants to these tyrants who want to abridge the freedoms and rights to privacy Americans enjoy. I am glad to see Senator Danforth standing up to this crap. PErhaps there is yet hope for the Republican Party.