Has the right wing Conservatives changed the Republican party into a religious party?

Question

Seems like now days Republicans seem so self righteous and have changed the party into a religious right wing party?

Answer 1

I just thought I'd point something out to all those saying it is a good thing that religion and politics mix and can't see a problem. And that is that there is absolutely NO EVIDENCE for the existence of a supernatural super being (ie God) OF ANY KIND. Therefore it is VERY WORRYING that the US government has become so religious.
By all means believe what you want to believe but don't allow the Government to create policy on the back of some kind of divine guidence for which there is no evidence. Would you be OK if Bush said he went into Iraq 'cause Santa Claus or fairies told him too?? I guess not. And I'm personally very nervous when he invokes his 'God' for the same reasons!

Answer 2

i'm a Conservative and that i've got self belief the demographics have replaced continually. till we enter a melancholy, that's a different risk, the Republican occasion would be beside the point any further. Mitt Romney became the nicest individual in politics as you will ever see, and the Republican platform became so on the brink of the midsection it became complicated to tell it became Republican. The Democratic occasion can replace into the hot occasion of "conservatism" and that they'd run against according to risk the yankee Communist occasion or the eco-friendly occasion. we can likely finally end up like Greece, with the folk who desire their reward throwing gas bottles on the government troops with the aid of fact there is not greater money interior the treasury.

Answer 3

On that same token, have the left wing liberals changed the Democratic Party in a NAMBLA-Supporting, marijuana fueled grope fest? Seems to me that the Demmies, who are supposed to be so understanding of other people beliefs and feelings, are constantly singling out members of the opposing party who are either Gay or minorities. They behave like it's OK to be gay and a Democrat but there's something wrong if you're gay or a minority and Republican. Democrats = Hypocrisy

Answer 4

I'm a republican and I'm not self righteous and not religious. Just like I'm sure not all democrats are liberal socialists.

Answer 5

Repubilcans do seem to bring up religion and god a lot more than Dems, the really odd part is that the USA is supposed to have church and state seperated for a reason, to protect both church and state. America is such a diverse country, all religions should be protected, not just a select few.

Answer 6

Well if these religious weren't Republicans before, with whom did they vote previously?

Are you afraid of religious people who have different views than you? Are you closed minded, maybe?

Answer 7

No, there are many subgroups within the Rep party. In fact the Reps have a much bigger tent than the Dems.

Answer 8

No. However, many conservatives vote Republican because the Republican party most represents their values.

Do you fear God and religion?

Answer 9

For Those Who Say Religion Doesn't Belong In Politics

In between cheating on his wife and partying with communist sympathizers,Martin Luther King Jr. found time to create a social justice philosophywith underpinnings rooted squarely in the Christian version of God. His idea that the laws of the United States were out of sync with the moral laws of God was the driving force in his campaign to expand the rights ofAfrican-Americans. His reasoning was NOT secular and he did NOT hide his religious rationale. He shouted it from podium to podium, book to book,loud and proud.

Today, what would those who fight for a secular society say about this? Maybe they would accuse Martin of violating the oft misunderstood legal fiction of the "church and state." Maybe he would get threatening letters from the American Civil Liberties Union. Atheists would be forced to take him aside and remind him that there is no place for "God" in American law. Secularists could have effectively shut down his campaign, which so proudly mixed God and rights to the benefit of an oppressed people. But they did not; instead, the secularists who agreed with Martin kept quiet about his injection of God into an argument about government and civil rights law. Some justified the mix as a necessary political evil in securing greater civil rights for African-Americans.

In the not too distant past we had an election in which strong support was given against gay marriage across America. The people who voted against homosexual marriage because their religious beliefs were not compatible with it were basically using the same argument that Martin Luther King Jr. did, that the laws of theUnited States which might allow for gay marriage are out of sync with the moral laws of God.

When the message was effectively delivered by statisticians picking apart polling numbers, secularists went crazy. Some compared the United States to the Taliban, and some compared the surge of God fearing voters to Islamic fundamentalists. Made universal, this line of reasoning would make Martin Luther King Jr into some kind of zealot pushing a religion charged agenda with political goals on the people.

Separation of church and state has been challenged time and time again. The Supreme Court has set precedents on top of other precedents in order to make laws more concrete, articulate and encompassing to events that interact with religion. What the separation of church and state does not do, is ban those with a religious belief from voting and exercising their constitutional rights- even if their votes are partially based on their religious teachings. People cannot logically support the religious underpinnings of Martin’s civil rights philosophy on one hand, and then call Christian voting blocs the “religious reich” on the other.

It is shallow and ignorant to consider the "political aim" of a religious movement when deciding concretely what space in the political process religion should occupy. This thinking perverts and complicates the role religion can possibly play, leading to animosity and contradiction over time

In the space of a day, the label of "religious fanatic" had replaced whatsome were calling well informed and reasonable voters. And these suddencries of intolerance, homophobia and injection of church into governmentare from people who wouldn’t dare call Martin Luther King Jr. a religiousfanatic for using God’s law to modify American law.

Don’t be confused, religion in both cases is a means to a political end. In both the cases of gay marriage and civil liberties, religion has been used to secure a certain political outcome. In scoffing at the numerous state gay marriage amendment outcomes, critics are more specifically scoffing at the USE OF RELIGION in that process. By making this criticism universal, we would also discredit the use of religion as a philosophical foundation for the historical expansion of African-American civil liberties. And that’s not something I’m ready to do.

Answer 10

The news Conservative and Republicans can't hear is GOD DOESN'T LIKE POLITICS, HE'S NOT A POLITICIAN! It's really not new it goes back a few thousand years.