Why do Republicans think Democrats want to ban the bible and force them to have abortions and turn them gay?
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Its just right wing fear mongering.  That is one of the things they are good at.  I thank my stars we live in a country still where you have the freedom of speech, the right of assembly and the right NOT to have a religion if you choose.  Its also a freedom FROM religion. \n\nI am reading posts here that seem to support a theocracy and are not content to mind their own business.   I have no use for Talibornagain Christians.  I don't get all this gay paranoia in our society.
974388
First I thought syphillis would do it. Then I thought Alcoholism would do it, then I thought AIDS would do it. The sad thing is, stupid republicans help create democrats. There are really only two choices, neither of them very exciting.
1015100
Just look at what's happening right now.  Politicians -- and especially the Republicans right now -- have perfected the evil art of manipulating the emotions of ignorant, uneducated people.  Everything the Republicans do is bad for 99% of the population.  They give tax cuts to millionaires, while the debt rises and the public schools are screwed (and the people you ask about send their kids to public schools).  And how do they get the very people they're screwing to vote for them?...\nThe Republicans get people in Red States riled up about stupid issues.  Gay marriage, for instance. How does gay marriage affect anyone who isn't gay?  It doesn't.  But they manipulate people's emotions, and get them all angry about stupid issues like this, all the time convincing them that the Democrats (who are also sleazy & corrupt, but no where near the level the Republicans are) are crazy liberals who want to burn their bibles and make their kids gay.  It's so obvious -- they always trot out the gay marriage issue around election time!  It's just a big distraction! \nThere's no doubt that the Dems would be better for regular people, but the bad guys have painted them as liberal, weak, communists who think they're smarter than the working class.\nSorry this is such a long answer, but it's a topic that disgusts me greatly.
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abortion... if a democrats were against abortion, it would be a long time before a republican won anything... there are more than enough people that vote on this issue alone to turn the tide permanently to the democrats... \n\nmaybe democrats should just say they are against abortion and don't do anything about it... like the conservatives do...\n\ninterested: believe it or not... just being a liberal, it doesn't mean you hate conservatives... although by the way some conservatives act, the majority of them hate all liberals it seems... \nhe is talking more about his actions and what party they are more consistent with... and I agree that I think they are more consistent with liberals...\n\nnormobrian: can you cite those... I think I missed them in my bible...
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Most liberals are either gay or atheist and that is part of the problem. Liberals believe in the right to abortion, they advocate gay rights, and so on. That is why when Christians stand up for values and morality liberals can't stand it, because the Bible speaks of truth and the truth hurts. \n\nThere has to be a balance in goverment too much liberalism is very dangerous ground. The same with conservativism too much of it is very dangerous too.
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Republicans.  I'm laughing at the answer before me (first answer, there might be more by the time I post).  The democrats have constantly tried to make the constitution something it is not.  For example, "seperation of church and state."  Democrats actually have us all believing that this is in the constitution!  It is not!  The only thing the constitution forbids is a state church, where the President of the United States would be like the pope of the church.  In fact, if you read the all the commentary that the founding fathers left for us, Christianity was always meant to be a big part of the government.  Republicans are not trying to take rights away.  Homosexual acts used to be a crime.  Some day there will be a march for the rights of child molesters under the same arguments, "we can't help it, we were born this way...  love is never wrong, etc."  If republicans try and oppose that I suppose we will be "taking their rights away," too?  Somethings needed to change.  Slavery definately needed to be abolished.  The civil rights movements of the 60's needed to happen.  These were people that were not given equality based solely on skin color.  I would extend that to homosexuals and those that find children attractive to this point: you may not be able to control what or who you find attractive, but you CAN control your actions.  We also don't throw people in jail because they THINK about killing someone.  Homosexuality is not the same as race.  There is ACTION that takes place before it becomes wrong.  Laws can legislate action.  \n\nAs far as abortion rights, read the Supreme Court decision on Roe v. Wade and read the ammendment that originally allowed slavery.  The wording is so similiar it will make you sick.  If there is any question about whether or not a fetus is a human life or not, shouldn't we say no to killing it?  \n\nIt is time to stop "interpreting" the constitution to please every sick-o with a "cause," and preserve the nation that our forefathers built by preserving the constitution.  That means actually reading the constitution, reading the letters, speaches and earliest judicial decisions, and not being afraid to do what they did, and look to the Bible as a rule of law.
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You know I am a democrat and I have to agree that probably nothing will change.  It is so new to say you are a democrat and then do republican things so really nothing will change.  Not until the big election.  We are so worried that our democrats are gay that we are electing people who are so right wing that they might as well call themselves republicans!!  GO ORGANIZED RELIGION!  LETS HAVE SOME WAR!
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Because it plays in simple minds...\n\nThe Republicans are masters of simple, black and white thought and correlative, rather than causative logic!. \n\nCommunists are evil... social programs are associated with communism... democrats support social programs... democrats must be communists... thus Democrats are evil!\n\nDemocrats are evil...Republicans don't like Democrats... Republicans are good! \n\nAlso, all you have to do to be a good Republican is SAY what you are for/against. You don't really ever have to do it (or not do it). It makes life MUCH easier. \n\n"We don't have to debate what we should think about homosexual behavior. It's written in the Bible!" - Ted Haggard\n(we know how that ended up!) \n\nRepublicans - For Fiscal Responsibilty! - 1% INCREASE in National Debt annually under Bush\n\nDemocrats - Evil Spenders! - 4% DECREASE in National Debt annually under Clinton\n\nEnough... I think I have made my point. \n\nGo Lemmings, Go!
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In short, many Christians are Repulicans because Republicans have embraced Christians as a voting power.\n\nThe reasons that most Christians are Republicans are not because of taxes, but because of abortion. In the 60s, there was no "Religious Right." Christian votes were split fairly quickly between parties, and the real divisions were geographic.\n\nIn the 70s, many Christians felt abandoned by the Democratic Party. The "Religious Right" as a voting power did not develop until the early 80s with the founding of the Moral Majority by Jerry Falwell. And it was really only until the 2000 election that they were recognized as a powerhouse and courted by the Republican party.\n\nBasically the Christians started voting Republican not because they felt that the Republicans were inherently better than Democrats, but because Democrats stopped paying attention to them and their interests.\n\nIf and when the Democratic Party actually starts recognizing and courting the Christian vote, which I believe they will no later than 2012, you'll begin to see a real change in the voting patterns of Christians.
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Seriously, that is one thing I noticed a long time ago about Republicans and part of what made me switch parties to democrat. \n\nThere seems to be this mentality in the Republican party to constantly blame ANYTHING or ANYBODY else you can for whatever downfall you see in the country at that moment.\n\nThat could be gays demoralizing our nation to those darn anti-patriot treasonist liberals. LOL
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You need to look at the religious issues that each side accepts as it's moral grounding. Republicans usually stand on a platform built on values that include Pro-Life, and the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. There are many other issues to be concerned with, but these are the majors. \nDemocrats generally believe the opposite and go with a more liberal approach to abortion and Pro-Choice is their platform. Also, the take on the gay marriage is usually widely accepted with the Democrat community.\nIf you are looking for a "side" to stand on, I suggest that you do some serious research and decide for yourself which you prefer. I don't know anyone that agrees with everything that their party does, and just because the current President is a Republican, don't let the things that you've read on this site skew your beliefs. You have a choice to believe what you want. Choose wisely.\n\nAnd just a side note......Vote Republican, those Democrats are morons.
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The ones that say they are ultra Conservative would be Amish, so that's a lot of crap isn't it. I am a Democrat and I wont vote for a Republican unless for a local position as mayor or police chief. Otherwise no way. I have no positions on gays because i am not gay. I guess they have a right to fight for their own freedoms too.
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There are a lot of Democrats who say they beleive in Jesus.  I want to ask them if Jesus would have murdered babies and have sex with another man?
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No, but the Republican party is sure touting that there is a war on Christianity to polarize certain groups because that will get them put into office.  There are also groups that think the US should be a theocracy but that is blatantly unconstitutional.  Sorry, it's a democracy where all of us have the same rights.
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Another moral question: Christian Republicans are pro-life, yet pro-war.
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Because they want to run the show....very much against the Bible!
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It is disgusting.  The Republican party has gone to hell.  You'll even hear Limbaugh admit it, though in clever ways that won't offend his religous nut-job listeners.\n\nThe GOP used to be about freedom of speech, smaller government, responsible spending, etc.  Now it is about God, Anti Gay Marriage Consitutional Ammendments, and abolishing abortion.\n\n1) God has no business in government.\n2) Marriage is stupid no matter who you are.\n3) Abortion should be regulated by the states.