Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Friday, February 18, 2011
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Thursday, December 30, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
German Parliamentary leader says gays have no rights to children
Image via WikipediaVolker Kauder, the parliamentary leader of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative Christian Democrats, said on Monday that homosexual couples had no right to have children.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Ann Coulter Mocks DADT Repeal; Wants 'All Gay Division' | On Top Magazine :: Gay & Lesbian News, Entertainment, Commentary & Travel
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
After Benefiting From Voter Furor Over Economy, Conservatives Prioritize Divisive Social Agenda in States | Progressive States Network
The morning after Election Day, conservative candidates across the country woke up to find themselves the beneficiaries of an historic national wave of voter anger over the state of the economy and record unemployment. Exit polls and other surveys unanimously showed that jobs and the economy were by far the primary issues on voters’ minds as they cast their ballots - while they simultaneously revealed no mandate for a conservative economic agenda that would hurt working families.
Yet in the first few weeks after this clear voter statement of frustration over the economy, conservative state lawmakers across the fifty states are already making it clear that their legislative priorities next year will include pushing a divisive social agenda - an agenda that remained largely hidden during the campaign.
Chief among the fights soon to take center stage in many statehouses will be a renewed right-wing attack on reproductive rights. Troy Newman, the leader of the notorious anti-choice group Operation Rescue, recently described the post-election outlook for social conservatives in the states by saying it made him feel like “a little boy on Christmas morning - which package do you open up first?”
After Benefiting From Voter Furor Over Economy, Conservatives Prioritize Divisive Social Agenda in States | Progressive States Network
Yet in the first few weeks after this clear voter statement of frustration over the economy, conservative state lawmakers across the fifty states are already making it clear that their legislative priorities next year will include pushing a divisive social agenda - an agenda that remained largely hidden during the campaign.
Chief among the fights soon to take center stage in many statehouses will be a renewed right-wing attack on reproductive rights. Troy Newman, the leader of the notorious anti-choice group Operation Rescue, recently described the post-election outlook for social conservatives in the states by saying it made him feel like “a little boy on Christmas morning - which package do you open up first?”
After Benefiting From Voter Furor Over Economy, Conservatives Prioritize Divisive Social Agenda in States | Progressive States Network
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Cornell Law Professor Rebukes SPLC
Image by ianloic via Flickr"The SPLC is very, very close to its "jump the shark" moment. They're close to going out of bounds."~ comment at Legal Insurrection website
Does taking the position that “Gays and Lesbians have a right to live as they choose ... [but] they don’t have the right to redefine marriage for all of us,” really constitute hate speech? Why does SPLC devote a paragraph to someone who used NOM's name even though he had no affiliation? . . . SPLC's current management has done extensive damage to the real fight against hate groups by conflating political opponents with violent extremists, by using the hate group and similar lists against mainstream conservative groups and individuals, and by using its past reputation to shape the political landscape.
Hopefully, with time the public will become aware that SPLC is not what it once was.Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion: SPLC Demonizes Supporters of Traditional Marriage
Monday, November 22, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Indiana Republicans set to unveil divisive social agenda
Image via WikipediaFor all of their tough talk on fiscal responsibility and, uh, whatever the Mitch for America campaign talking points are this week, Republicans in the General Assembly look to be gearing up for another session of ignoring our economic problems in favor of such pressing issues as same-sex marriage.Blue Indiana:: Indiana Republicans set to unveil divisive social agenda
Group Urges GOP to Recognize Moral Concerns - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
Image via WikipediaConcerned Women for America CEO Penny Nancy responded saying,"Americans voted overwhelmingly for both social and fiscal conservatives," and the incoming leadership could easily embrace an agenda driven by social concerns.Group Urges GOP to Recognize Moral Concerns - US - CBN News - Christian News 24-7 - CBN.com
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Pastor sees Tea Party as Unsustainable without Social Conservatives
". . . The unsustainability of the tea party without social conservatives.
There would be no tea party without values voters. We constitute the majority of the movement. Granted, the tea party movement is not entirely socially conservative. There are pockets of libertarians and others who don’t share the same perspectives on abortion and homosexuality. I am happy to work with these folks on the issues we agree upon, even though I know we don’t agree on everything. That’s the beauty of our movement.
But, as any study will show, the vast majority of tea partiers support traditional marriage and oppose abortion. If you remove these voters from your base, you’re left with the libertarian party and it’s exceedingly limited electoral and legislative success historically.
Social conservatives have gladly put certain issues on the back shelf because of the more urgent constitutional questions that have a social impact. But to have our arrogant and increasingly clumsy self-appointed national ‘leadership’ presume that our recent silence on these moral issues gives them license to lock social conservatives out of the legislative process and force the Republican party to adopt a platform of moral abandonment is as arrogant and presumptive as any Republican establishment has ever been, and a slap in the face to the social conservatives that constitute the tea party movement and have determined its success.
A lesson in how to commit political suicide
Let me be very clear, I will not support a party that doesn’t officially oppose abortion or support traditional marriage even if they want to repeal Obamacare. The tea party elites’ claim that these issues are divisive is hypocritical, and will only divide the tea party movement. The tea party should be open to fiscal and social conservatives, as well as libertarians and others whose views may vary to a degree.
Believe me, we social conservatives know what political correctness smells like. We encounter it daily. This letter to Republican leadership is reeking of it. If we can’t be comfortable expressing our social and moral views in the tea party environment, then we won’t be comfortable anywhere, and ultimately won’t remain within the tea party.
Here’s my encouragement to the tea party establishment: don’t do what the Republican elites do by dismissing the very people you purport to serve and alienating the very principled conservatives who are truly turning this country around. It’s one thing to focus on the most urgent matters given the current national discourse. It’s another thing to try and strong-arm the GOP into silence on anything that doesn’t fall within your narrow understanding of what’s important."Orlando Political Press » Blog Archive » The Tea Party Should Not Advocate Against Social Conservatism
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