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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
I've got to voice my concern over some of the comments I've consistently read in many of these threads. The scapegoating of evangelical Christians because the candidate of a person's choice wasn't elected is getting out of hand. Some of the things posted are downright hateful and wouldn't be tolerated if they were directed at any other group.
Christians each possess a single vote. Their vote is worth no more or no less than any other. Some whine that Christians legislate morality... yet grievously complain when they simply cast a vote in opposition. Who desires to dominate the other?
You are no better than a Christian, fundamentalist or otherwise.
You are no smarter.
Your vote is not cast with more care or more wisdom.
You are just... different. Liberal tolerance is so often only extended to fellow liberals and the enemies of conservative philosophy.
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What you say is true, Evangelicals deserve representation in government as much as anyone. The flip side of the coin is that 40-50 million Evangelicals did vote to install one of their own in GWBush. Bush owes them a great political debt and he will push the Evangelical agenda. These things are given. It remains to be seen if the Evangelical agenda will be wholey accepted by the American public. Centrist Republicans made the choice to be represented by Evangelicals and have no ground for criticizing that agenda.