US Republicans respond to evangelicals on Schiavo

[ckramer]

Christian evangelicals, a key component in President George W. Bush's Republican Party, believe the case of brain-damaged Florida woman Terri Schiavo may help inject new life into their long campaign against abortion.

"The right-to-life issue has been with us for over 30 years but never has it dominated the news headlines day after day as it is doing now," said Louis Sheldon, chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition.

"This case has generated a kind of inspirational activism. It is giving revival and renewal to millions of people who feel strongly about the culture of life and the protection of life," he said.

Republican leaders and President Bush had little choice other than to respond to Christian evangelical demands on the Schiavo case or risk alienating a crucial part of their political base, political analysts said.

"Bush and the Republicans can't do all that much on many of the things the religious right cares about. They can't end abortion rights and they can only ban gay marriage so many times," said American University political scientist David Lublin, who has studied the evangelical community.

"Here's a way they can tell their supporters, 'Look, we're acting on your agenda,'" Lublin said.

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[BrklynLiberal]

1. puke

[Az_lefty]

2. Nothing but politics....

:puke:

[Ezlivin]

3. Dear God, please Rapture these pricks now!

Hell, I'm an atheist and they've got me prayin' for the Rapture!

[knitter4democracy]

19. Please don't!

I don't want to spend eternity in Heaven with them. :P Can you just imagine? Ick.

[asjr]

4. Most of our forefathers left Europe in the 1600s because of

the very thing that is going on now. Where the hell can we go? I know we make fun of the fundies and evangelicals, but they are powerful, especially with the man who sits in the WH thinking the same thing they are. We can not give up our vigilance.

[Robeson]

7. "Where the hell can we go? "....

...well, irony of ironies, it looks like "us" Liberals ought to be heading back to Europe, from whence, long ago, we came...I think thats what they call, going full circle...

[johnaries]

9. Maybe we should support Bush's push for colonies on Mars and the

moon. :shrug:

[wysi]

5. Culture of life, eh?

100,000 dead Iraqis beg to differ.

[PassingFair]

6. I feel so much better knowing that they're

LOOKING INTO MY WOMB!

"It comes from the pro-life momentum generated in this country over the past 10 years and the culture of life we have established that looks inside the womb and also inside the nursing home..."

I'd like to rapture some of these people myself...

[LeftHander]

8. What about the lives of Iraqi's

And the lives of our soldiers....?

Do these ASSHOLES even care about that!!!!

[GalleryGod]

10. Those Old-ies but Good-ies..Re-mind Me of YOU

:puke: Friggin' Limp-Dicked Scumbags!

[Toots]

11. Well Duhhhhhh

They have a definite knack for stating the obvious.

[katinmn]

12. Double puke

:puke:
:puke:

Inspirational activism.
The only way we're going to beat back these assholes is if we impeach *.

[Jack The Tab]

13. I would love to hear the fundies position on Bush's 1999 TX law...

The one that says hospitals can terminate life support for hopeless cases AGAINST the families wishes.

Boy, don't hear a peep, do you?

[stillcool]

14. You guys are pretty funny today......it's a good thing i can...

still laugh. My faves are the atheist praying for the rapture, and the POS stinking up the Sierra's. he-he-he-he..still laughing

[GarySeven]

15. The "culture of life" thesis is ANTI-CHRISTIAN

This is the irony of the evangelical position. They claim moral superiority because they oppose abortion and the right-to-die-with dignity. They claim such positions uphold LIFE, which is God's gift to us all.

In doing so, of course, they forget the CENTRAL tenant of Christianity: that of re-birth through death. Christ DIED for our sins; Salvation is only possible through the "death" of one life and being born-again to a new life. The hypocrisy here - apart from their positions on abortion viz capital punishment -- is that in worshipping all life, no matter what, they forget that Christ's DEATH was, by their ideology, the greatest gift to mankind.

[saigon68]

16. HATEFUL RELIGIOUS RIGHT WING WHACK JOBS

These people are evil. They especailly the JayZeus lovers among them, who receive sexual arousal at seeing Rag Heads" (their words) EXTERMINATED.

[Catfight]

17. As I shake my head in disbelief.....the same group that promotes

wars and killing, none of which 'preserve' life are the same damn people who promote life? Pick a damn side and stick with it....these folks are bona-fide CRAZY!

[VegasWolf]

18. What are they worried about? These religious nutcases certainly

aren't going Democratic.