The Vast majority of Republicans believe in freedom of religion, any religion, whereas much of the DNC (and an alarming number of Libertarians) believe freedom of religion means freedom FROM religion ... in other words, religious people (especially Christians) should be barred from speaking in public lest they make an agnostic uncomfortable ... they believe the official state religion should be atheism. And we should pretend Christianity never existed.
Ah, but the amendment reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”…it does not say ‘Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
a specific religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof’, because it means, any religion, which means no religion. So yes, the First Amendment does encompass freedom
from religion.
A portion of the Conservative Republican platform revolves around religious-centric values, abortion, the death penalty etc…there’s a reason someone coined the phrase, “The Religious Right”. Either you’re embarrassed to admit that, or you’re really missing the boat.
I’ve never seen a mainstream Democratic bill that would outlaw the free expression of religion as it relates to private citizens, only in state or federally funded institutions or services. No who’s talking party-line talking points? Come on man, read what you’re posting.
And as minor point of interest, talking about religion in public wouldn’t make an “Agnostic” uncomfortable, we tend to think religious folks are just as odd as Atheists…people pretending to know that which they cannot to the point that they feel they can decide how others should feel is often comical to us, so long as the government isn’t saying that one way or the other.
Who will be slienced by their party (and never put in a position where they can effect the battle over gun control) or who will abandon their pro-gun or mostly pro-gun views so they can get in good graces with the party power structure.
Where are all these pro-gun Democrats? What committees are they on? Lots of Democrats start out with pro-gun views and then we see their names on the rolls voting for AWB extensions and .50BMG bans.
No-sir, a pro-gun Democrat will either have to change his tune or the party will end their career.
I count at least 42 Democrats in the PA State house that have A- ratings or better from the NRA.
I count 22 that have a rating of 92 or better from the GOA (2 in the State Senate, the rest in the State House).
In current races here in PA, the only data available last month shows that in the popular elections here in PA this coming November, only one candidate received an A from the NRA and voted favorable to the GOA at least 75% of the time on gun issues, and that was Murtha, a Democrat. New data is out now, though I haven’t had a chance to view it yet.
I’m not going to go through all 50 states for you at both the state and Federal level, I did that earlier this year for my own benefit and the results were not very supportive of your stance here. I can pretty much guarantee that there are hundreds of A-rated Democrats from the NRA in politics and at least 150 rated very favorably by the GOA (as their rating are a bit more strict).
In order to get these ratings (which can be flawed), generally a politician has to show a pretty consistent record (at least over the last so many years) that supports that rating. They don’t get it by voting pro-gun only once.
So there goes your talking points. I think it’s best if we just let our discussion go, I can’t really discuss something with someone that ignores data and evidence and is being disingenuous with their summation of the reality of the situation.
