Is the Political Religious Right UnChristian?

How ironic would that be?

Truth be told... I dont understand you, religious conservatives. You feel compelled to have your faith guide your political interests... and on some level... I can respect that... but we must balance our personal beliefs with the rule of law. Everything that you view as "immoral" isn't illegal. This is not a theocracy. The founders left a tumultous England and set up a system that was autonomous from the church. And a question I will ask later, even when it comes to the "religious rights" sense of immorality... how consistent is it?

Let me knock one issue out of the way quickly. I am against abortion. Abortion is murder, I dont care who you are... or how smart you think you are... or if you are a master of semantics, no matter how you phrase it... abortion is murder. I find it interesting that premies (premature babies) are surviving as young as 5 or 6months in some cases, yet some women want to legalize partial-birth(late term) abortions. If I'm a murderer, or a drunk driver, and I kill a pregnant woman, in many cases, I will be charged with two counts... what if that lady was eventually going to "terminate" the pregnancy later? And terminate the pregnancy is a "nice" way for saying kill the baby. This isn't rational or logical. Its like saying... life begins for each individual baby when each individual mother says so. There was a case only a few weeks ago where a new mother had a baby in a bathroom stall and killed it. She's being charged. But, you mean to tell me if she had the money to go to an abortion clinic a few weeks prior... that would have been okay? People get so emotional that they lose all frame of logic.

Here's one thing people are forgetting. Roe vs Wade did not legalize abortion per se. Roe vs Wade made a FEDERAL law legalizing abortion. States rights is a "republican" mantra... and prior to Roe v Wade... abortion was already legal in certain states. Some right wing lunatics get the impression that if you get the right Justices on the bench, the stain of abortion will disappear. It will just become a state issue, and whether right or wrong, I'd be surprised if many states in this day and age would over-turn abortion rights.

See, I understand the abortion issue, because its protection of infants, but I dont understand the homosexuality thing. I understand religious conservatives view it as "immoral," but I dont understand ANY logic in trying to make gay marriage "illegal." How is it, that people... people being republicans... who pride themselves on state rights and individual rights such as gun rights (i'll get to that later) want a federal ban against gay marriage? How is that constitutional? Just another example of emotion affecting judgement. If you want to openly exercise your freedom of speech to criticize homosexuality, thats your business... but for the "conservatives" to seek a federal ban on something (sounds liberal to me!)... that has ABSOLUTELY no impact on others... makes no sense. This isn't a theocracy... everything YOU view as immoral isn't illegal.

Those are the main two "wedge" issues that right wingers bring up every 2 and 4 years to get religious people to vote for them. My question is, you claim to stand for Jesus... and I understand there are only two major parties who do a great job of suppressing third parties... but would Jesus stand for ALL the tenants of Republicanism?

What about gun control? Civilian gun ownership is banned in most nations, why not America? Does Jesus want us popping each other in the head? Republicans even criticized Clinton's Brady bill and now that the assault weapon's ban has lifted, those "wonderful" Republicans who Christians vote for made sure that ban would not be re-instated. "Praise Jesus! Assault rifles on the streets of America!" Do Christians support the NRA? Guns are made for one person... one singular reason... to KILL... hallelujah?

What do Christians think about American healthcare? Most nations pay a tax, similar to our system of social security, and have ALL medical expenses paid for by the nations government. How many socialized medicine countries are clamoring for our system? Is it Christian for poor people to die from treatable illness because they are poor? Is it Christian to have a health insurance system focused on profits that picks and chooses what to pay for? Did I mention mandatory co-pays? People in this country die everyday from TREATABLE illnesses that would never be an issue in even POORER nations, because they dont fight with insurance companies who can claim "experimental" or "pre-existenting" for a reason not to pay for your well-being. "sorry... we think you had that disease before we became your primary coverage. What do you think this is... Canada...? you're just going to have to die early... now, thank those Republicans who fought socialized medicine at every step. Did you know that less than 70% of American jobs offer employee coverage? Glory be to God!"

Does the religious right like when the Republicans fight against higher efficiency (for the benefit of big business?) when it comes to things like coal and oil? All these Republicans who keep mentiong more oil drilling dont mention that they've been fighting higher automotive fuel standards for years. Why? I dont think its because they hate the planet and want to kill it. I could be wrong. But big business does donate a lot of money. "Lets destroy the eco-system of the planet for money... yes Lord!"

Lets make business as UN-REGULATED as possible and act surprised when CEO pay goes from 40x to 350x times the average worker salary!

Lets vote to outlaw MEDICINE from other countries so people have to buy our expens- er... i mean... i mean... because Canadian medicine is potentially unsafe. None of our drugs are ever pulled off the market!

Lets vote to allow pharmaceutical companies to PATENT their medicine for 7 years, so that no cheap generics can come out. God doesn't want people getting regularly priced medicine... we should overpay... so that rich people get even richer... those Republicans are just ahead of the curve.

Lets vote to keep strict time limits on how long you can fight for backpay on pay disparities. Just like the corporations like...

Lets keep the minimum wage (adjusted for inflation) to its lower rate EVER... while raising our Congressional pay over and over.

Shall I even mention CIA prisons, guantanamo and all the Republican resistence to oversight on these alleged abuse issues?

I could go on and on... day in and day out... wonderful Republicans, with all their corporate lobbyists... regularly vote in the best interest of the American people. I dont know whats wrong with those silly worker's unions who ALWAYS support Democrats. They must think workers rights and equality are just as important as keeping gay marriage illegal. The fools.

Wow... those Republicans... yeah... I can see why Christians tend to vote for them... Makes sense to me.

...who needs equality anyway... we'll be equal in heaven right? Those religious right voters had it right afterall...