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TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 09:16 AM Oct 2017

Radical Christian Right Expects GOP To Advance Its Entire Agenda. Christianizing America.

Values voters expect the GOP to make America pray again. The change they demand and expect is what the rest of us reject. We want freedom "from" religion and religion out of government and politics. They want the 10 Commandments the law of the land replacing the Bill of Right.

A Christianized pubic school system is their primary goal. That place is a place where the Bible is on equal footing with all other subjects. And it is a place where prayer and church attendance are mandatory. They want to run education in this country in the worst way. Devos it their staunchest and most aggressive ally. And they want "certified" Christian teachers and professors as well.

Their agenda is SO radical it would make the founding fathers heads spin.

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Radical Christian Right Expects GOP To Advance Its Entire Agenda. Christianizing America. (Original Post) TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 OP
I've been saying more or less the same thing since just after the election Orrex Oct 2017 #1
Really? MichMary Oct 2017 #2
They Are Really Neo Nazis Masquerading As Christians. Genocidal White Supremacists. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #4
Thank you workinclasszero Oct 2017 #9
Suppose your employer says go to a particular church every Sunday CanonRay Oct 2017 #7
It Opens The Door To A Lot Of Things That ARE NOT The US TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #11
Such an excellent point. CrispyQ Oct 2017 #12
"values voters"? Brainstormy Oct 2017 #3
Another words turn all of America into the South. Kingofalldems Oct 2017 #5
These Are Plastic Christians. They Are A Fraud. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #6
If this agenda comes to pass CanonRay Oct 2017 #8
Years ago when Jack Cafferty still had a few minutes of air time on Blitzer's show, CrispyQ Oct 2017 #10
Time To Go On Open Attack On These Phony Christians And Expose Them. TheMastersNemesis Oct 2017 #13
THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS NEITHER CrispyQ Oct 2017 #15
Trump pushing their agenda. CrispyQ Oct 2017 #14
I met my first dominonist 40 years ago when he fired all the top salesmen in his district egold2604 Oct 2017 #16
You would have to kill me before I join their vile, toxic excuse for religion. Initech Oct 2017 #17
The Evangelical is your enemy. Dawson Leery Oct 2017 #18
Actually, their goal is to criminalize homosexuality and transsexuality. Initech Oct 2017 #19
 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
4. They Are Really Neo Nazis Masquerading As Christians. Genocidal White Supremacists.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 10:41 AM
Oct 2017

They have no redeeming value like bed bugs.

CanonRay

(14,113 posts)
7. Suppose your employer says go to a particular church every Sunday
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:18 AM
Oct 2017

or get fired? They can't do it yet, but this birth control issue has opened the door.

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
6. These Are Plastic Christians. They Are A Fraud.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 10:49 AM
Oct 2017

Given real honest power these people are dangerous and in the end violent. They are exactly like ISIS in their extremist views. The media will not expose who they really are.

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)
10. Years ago when Jack Cafferty still had a few minutes of air time on Blitzer's show,
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:22 AM
Oct 2017

he did a segment on the rad "Christian" right. He said that he'd never heard of them, but now that he knew what they were about, they scared the crap out of him & that journalists needed to start reporting on this. But have they?

 

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)
13. Time To Go On Open Attack On These Phony Christians And Expose Them.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:29 AM
Oct 2017

The underpinnings of the religious right are the militias who are their vanguard. Why do you think these people fully support the NRA and totally open carry.

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)
15. THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT IS NEITHER
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:34 AM
Oct 2017

Saw that on a bumper sticker once. Brave soul, sporting that, since so many of the Christian right are also mean & vindictive.

CrispyQ

(36,509 posts)
14. Trump pushing their agenda.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 11:33 AM
Oct 2017
Trump Is Filling Court Seats With Anti-LGBTQ, Anti-Abortion Judges
“Trump’s speed in nominating judges has been perhaps the most successful aspect of his presidency.”

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-judicial-nominee-abortion-rights_us_59d67a63e4b046f5ad96e117

snip...

WASHINGTON ― Thursday was a good day for Amy Coney Barrett. A Senate committee voted to advance her nomination to be a federal judge.

It wasn’t a pretty vote. Every Democrat on the Judiciary Committee opposed her nomination. They scrutinized her past writings on abortion, which include her questioning the precedent of Roe v. Wade and condemning the birth control benefit under the Affordable Care Act as “a grave infringement on religious liberty.” One Democrat, Al Franken (Minn.), called her out for taking a speaking fee from the Alliance Defending Freedom, a nonprofit that’s defended forced sterilization for transgender people and has been dubbed a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

But Republicans don’t need Democrats’ votes, and now Barrett, a 45-year-old law professor at the University of Notre Dame, is all but certain to be confirmed to a lifetime post on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit — a court one level below the Supreme Court.

Barrett is the model judicial candidate for this White House: young, conservative, and opposed to abortion and LGBTQ rights. For all the stories about President Donald Trump using his executive power to roll back civil rights protections — in the past day, his administration axed the ACA birth control benefit and ended workplace protections for transgender people — it is here, on the courts, where his team is working most aggressively to reshape the country.


egold2604

(369 posts)
16. I met my first dominonist 40 years ago when he fired all the top salesmen in his district
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 01:51 PM
Oct 2017

I worked for a medical device company in sales during the 70s. My district manager hired 9 out of the top 10 salesmen in the company. He was promoted and his replacement was a Dominionist who eventually fired all of the sales reps in his district for non-performance (lots of lawsuits over that and lots of money paid out for claims). He hired people from his church because he wanted prayer meetings at the district sales meetings.

There was an African-American sales rep who was hired to replace him in his former sales territory in Philly. The district manager fired him before he even went through sales training. He rep sued and was allowed to attend sales training which he aced. After training when he started to sell in his territory, he ended up selling more than all the other trainees combined. The Dominionist manager fired him anyway for nonperformance. At the exit interview he told the rep that he fired the three top Jew Sales Reps (including me) and does not care about firing a n*ger like him. The rep wore a wire and was awarded lots of money.

BTW, the only reason the manager was not fired was that his daughter had severe congenital deformities in her face and the company was paying for her reconstructive surgery. They demoted him so that his daughter could continue the surgeries. The company self insured back in the 70s so it was paying for the surgery out of pocket. It was several million dollars in surgery.

The Dominionist manager hired the worst sales reps in the country. There were a lot of heads rolling after that. The CEO called me and begged me to come back. I was Salesman of the Year in 7 out of 10 product categories. I told him to get stuffed. With all my sales credentials, I got a better job immediately.

They are out there and they are legion

Initech

(100,102 posts)
19. Actually, their goal is to criminalize homosexuality and transsexuality.
Sat Oct 14, 2017, 02:31 PM
Oct 2017

You know like they did in certain parts of Africa and Asia. These people are certifiably fucking insane. They are not Christians, they are hate-mongers!

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