Bobby Jindal's Big Night and the Future of Religious Conservatives in the GOP

Sorry to do this to you,amigo but outside of England, the US Constitution didnt have a lot of Western European authors. I do agree with you about the left legislating morality to fit the ideology, which is why I chose to say "government" and not one side or the other. I have yet to meet one Democrat or Republican that backs their party's views on everything 100%, for example, I own guns and will be damned if I give them up. My best friend is about as far to the right as it goes, so I have had this respectful debate before. I will leave you with a few quotes from the founding fathers to ponder.

"Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should 'make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,' thus building a wall of separation between church and State."

-Thomas Jefferson, letter to Danbury Baptist Association, CT., Jan. 1, 1802

"This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it." - John Adams

"Religions are all alike - founded upon fables and mythologies."

--Thomas Jefferson

To the United Baptist Churches in Virginia in May, 1789, Washington said that every man "ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience."

After Washington's death, Dr. Abercrombie, a friend of his, replied to a Dr. Wilson, who had interrogated him about Washington's religion replied, "Sir, Washington was a Deist."

Called the father of the Constitution, Madison had no conventional sense of Christianity. In 1785, Madison wrote in his Memorial and Remonstrance against Religious Assessments:

"During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What have been its fruits? More or less in all places, pride and indolence in the Clergy, ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry and persecution."

"What influence, in fact, have ecclesiastical establishments had on society? In some instances they have been seen to erect a spiritual tyranny on the ruins of the civil authority; on many instances they have been seen upholding the thrones of political tyranny; in no instance have they been the guardians of the liberties of the people. Rulers who wish to subvert the public liberty may have found an established clergy convenient auxiliaries. A just government, instituted to secure and perpetuate it, needs them not."

May the God of your Choice Bless You,

Jim

Jim Kirk of TX 12:42PM February 27, 2009

I disagree that us Lefties only want to bash those that speak of their faith. The thing we dislike with overly religious politicians is their tendency to want to write laws forcing their beliefs on the rest of us (war,abortion,evolution,etc). The government does not need to legislate morality. It has a hard enough time in dealing with honesty and governing. What you consider truth may require a bit more than faith for those of us that deal only in facts to believe. Faith and religion are great things if kept in the proper places, those being the home and church. This country was founded by a diverze mix of Christians, Non-Believers, Masons and Diests. How can you be so sure that the one God referred to is in fact the God of Christianity? The trendy religous movement of the time was Dieism/Spirituality. This was the belief in a Creator of some kind, not necessarily one that whittled humans from ribs and employed talking serpants. If you want to be relevant, then go back to basics, fiscal responsiblity, strong defense, lower taxes, small government. If you keep trying to run on a religous platform, you are destined to end up like the Whig Party..a footnote in history.

Jim Kirk of TX 4:48PM February 26, 2009

I think all the lefties only care about, is bashing any Conservative that speaks of their faith. It's not cool in the lefties world. They much prefer to bash people that do not agree with them, ruin their careers..this gives them a sense of pleasure, thinking they are better than anyone else.

What a way to live, always finding fault with others. What a joke they are, they say they are the tolerant ones, yet cannot stop defaming ones of opposite views.

They ruined Gov. Palin, who has only worked for the citizens of her State, by taking on oil companies and her own Party for corruption...I guess lefties don't like stopping corruption either.

Bobc of OH 8:44AM February 26, 2009

Helen, welefare, etc..

It is ignorant, propaganda believing doofus's like yourselves that make conservatives look foolish.

Jindal's religious heritage is HINDU as he's stated publically before. His ethnic heritage is EAST INDIAN. (That would be the curry and rice eating kind, not the "Woo, woo, woo! How, Kimmosabe.", feather wearing kind. Just to break it down barney-style for you teletubby watching morons. By the way, did watching an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger induce a ife-changing moment for you?)

There is no connection between Islam and Hinduism... except of course that little WAR between the Muslim populations of Pakistan and the Hindu population of India. Jeesh.

Get a life.

Doc

Doc_Navy of FL 10:42AM February 25, 2009