2007-05-15 13:15:39 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
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Interestingly enough, the Evangelical Christians that the left likes to vilify first became politically active in 1976 and they voted for Jimmy Carter(D). They then backed Ronald Reagan(R) in the next election, and realized that the Republicans better represented them. The number of defectors steadily increased until you had the huge Evangelical political machine in 2000. Oh, and FDR(D), is widely regarded as the most religious president ever(check out the number of times he made religious references and prayers in his speeches). So Christians didn't so much join the right as they were more or less pushed from the left.
2007-05-15 13:25:39 · answer #1 · answered by WhiteTrashConservative 2 · 3⤊ 4⤋
As you read this, bear in mind I am a Socially Progressive Liberal. -- But also a Christian.
Morality, for liberal officialdom, is tertiary. Embedded. They don't ever reference God or biblical morality as the Right does. But they do believe in social justice, equality, fairness, and an end to poverty, racial hatred and war. Those are Christian values the Right chooses for some reason to ignore, while they (the Right) fixate on Oval Office hanky panky and a"war on terror" that gives them breadth to bash Muslims whenever they wish.
I wish the Left cared a little more about Christians' personal belief system. But their weird attitude about that is as NOTHING compared to the way the Right embraces bigotry, war, profiteering off people, the most violent tendencies of nationalism, and an end to the social safety net.
Between the two, the Left is probably more genuinely MORAL -- without turning it into anything so crass as a brand logo and manipulative mantra -- than the Right.
2007-05-15 20:25:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 · 4⤊ 2⤋
No, the Left doesn't believe in dictatorships. That's the Right's job. The Left lets people follow their own consciences and religious beliefs on moral issues. You know, the American way. Those who think that is a lack of morality are just stupid.
2007-05-15 20:21:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
The left considers morality to be something to be decided by the individual not by a group.
2007-05-15 20:25:14 · answer #4 · answered by cynical 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
The Moral Majority, as the bumper sticker said, was neither.
2007-05-15 20:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Edward K 5 · 6⤊ 1⤋
Try the DSA or the communist party, they have a morality you will love.
2007-05-15 21:10:51 · answer #6 · answered by rmagedon 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes.....we're for people and against big business and bureaucracy.....that's what makes us Moral.
2007-05-15 20:55:43 · answer #7 · answered by daljack -a girl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, because the left doesn't want to impose their morals upon everybody. They believe that the world doesn't move to the beat of just one drum, and what might be right for you, may not be right for some. Different strokes, basically.
2007-05-15 20:18:30 · answer #8 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 7⤊ 4⤋
Didn't she just get fired from the View?
2007-05-15 22:20:35 · answer #9 · answered by bossbackocd 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is there one for the right?
2007-05-15 20:52:05 · answer #10 · answered by Nick F 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋