New concerns crack unity of religious right

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Source: boston globe

New concerns crack unity of religious right

Conservative campus shows divisions on candidates, Iraq
By Peter S. Canellos, Globe Staff | November 18, 2007

LYNCHBURG, Va. - On Main Street of this Civil War-vintage city, known in recent years as the birthplace of the religious right, the only political sign bears the name of Ron Paul, the antiwar libertarian who is running for the Republican nomination.

At nearby Liberty University, the headquarters of the late founder of the Moral Majority, the Rev. Jerry Falwell, many students say the campus is divided between at least five Republican presidential candidates, including Paul, and some support for Democrats, as well.

With just weeks remaining until primary season, leaders and foot soldiers of the religious right have come to a surprising conclusion: Their bloc of voters, considered by many to be the largest single constitu ency in the Republican Party, is not going to break for any one candidate in 2008.

If religious conservatives split up their votes, the religious right would lose an opportunity to earn a significant debt from the eventual nominee, and no candidate would receive the kind of 11th-hour boost that many had been hoping for.

"It appears that at this point there is going to be a diversity of opinion," concluded Stephen Witham, associate professor at Liberty's Jesse Helms School of Government. "Some prefer one, some prefer others - and all for different reasons."



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[villager]

1. by quoting an assistant "professor" at the "Jesse Helms School of Government"

with a straight face, this article cooperates in the charade that these bogus institutions -- and their beliefs -- have any legitimacy in a democracy whatsoever...

[Barrett808]

3. Why not just call it the "Wedtech School of Corruption"? n/t

[PSPS]

4. Yeah, that cracked me up too.

It's kind of like quoting an "attorney" from Regents "University" (like Monica Goodling) regarding a legal matter.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

2. "A diversity of opinion."

As it should be- the center of all true religion is the inherent freedom of will all men were given by God.

The exercise of that individual will within the student body means the "Religious" right has not won.

Yet.

[EST]

5. The money quote--

"If religious conservatives split up their votes, the religious right would lose an opportunity to earn a significant debt from the eventual nominee, and no candidate would receive the kind of 11th-hour boost that many had been hoping for."
(Bolding mine)

So it'll be hard to own a candidate, eh? I find these people sickning.

[Perry Logan]

6. Halleluja! The wingers have flown the coop.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. Damn! I was hoping this article was about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.