Has the religious right had too much influence on the Republican party?

Question

After being trounced in mid-term elections will the Republicans try to distance themselves from the religious right?

Answer 1

You're definitely right.

I think a lot of Americans are so alienated by one side or the other they're forced to think a certain way. Religious right is just... well.. insane and backwards from Republican thinking. Religious right wants bigger government socially. More control of what people do, think, and believe. While people can also be alienated by the current extreme liberal views.

Kinda sucks to be political nowadays. But it's loads of fun to debate people, so what can I say.

Answer 2

The Religious right is pissed at the GOP because they didn't ban abortion, execute all the homosexuals, kill all the Mexicans and wipe out the Muslims in the last six years...the only thing they got was a couple of Supreme Court justices. So right now they are fighting with each other.
I'm betting they all kiss and makeup before 2008 since the Religious Nuts have had a stranglehold on the GOP for nearly thirty years and they are still the only highly organized constituency of the GOP.

Answer 3

Maybe.

Barry Goldwater would have indeed dealt with things differently - advocating a voluntary Social Security program, opposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as "legislating morality" and advocating a huge buildup in Vietnam.

No express word on same-sex marriage that I know of, though. Advocating gay rights does not automatically translate into support for those unions.

Answer 4

The Republicans only use the religious right when they think it will help them win an election. They will probably start pandering to Independents, since polls show it was the independent vote that gave the Dems the victory.

Answer 5

Never mind militant Islamists, the religious right are the scariest fanatics in the world.

For the sake of their own popular crediblity, the Republicans would do well to distance themselves from them as much as possible. But I dont think thats likely, they get too much money from them, and many of them are now in positions of power in the party.

Answer 6

Trounced..1 vote lead? hardly a trouncing.. but it's a Freudian slip on your part and I'll bet you didn't even realize... because the fact is it was a land slide but I digress, our hokey poky election process is not the point of the post... yes they have had a very strong influence and yes , publicly they will distance themselves.. but you won't see or hear a public denunciation because you shouldn't bite the hand that feeds.

Answer 7

The religious right and republicans are just stupid. Most Christians dont use their brains but only do what they are told. Like sheep

Answer 8

One thing that is clear is that those who truly follow the teachings of Christ (as opposed to the religous right in general) have had little to no influence on the Republican party.

Answer 9

On the contrary, I'm not sure they have had enough influence. Look at the sex scandals and money issues. The religious of this country need to assert a little more moral influence on ALL our leaders.

By the way, I probably wouldn't say,"trounced". The balance is still close to 50%. Getting votes through will still take negotiations. There will be no Democrat rubber stamp any time soon.

Answer 10

Yes, beyond a shadow of a doubt. The righties on here love to bash the far left. But guess what? The far right is the reason Bush got elected, and its the real reason the GOP lost last November. Bush betrayed the far right, and now himself and his party is paying the price.