Why the GOP should be 'giving up on God'

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 12:23 PM EST

Article Source: Raw Story

politics, obama, republicans, gop, christianity, god, diversity, parker

Nationally syndicated conservative columnist Kathleen Parker believes that the Republican Party's recent election woes can be summarized as "Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D..."

...After Obama's election, "like it or not, we are a diverse nation, no longer predominantly white and Christian," she continues.

Writes Parker, "To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh."

...Continues Parker, "It isn't that culture doesn't matter. It does. But preaching to the choir produces no converts. And shifting demographics suggest that the Republican Party -- and conservatism with it -- eventually will die out unless religion is returned to the privacy of one's heart where it belongs."

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gladbutterfly

Returned to the privacy of one's heart. Right on. I wish the TV evangelists would take heed.

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#1 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 6:15 PM EST

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Fausts son

Well, since God gave up on the repub party, tit for tat.

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#2 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 8:17 PM EST

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