McDonnell's Thesis Shows Tricky Religious Politics in Virginia's Gubernatorial Race

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Good post.

I'm amazed that so many people are themselves amazed at some of McDonnell's youthful points.

The New Testament says the ideal for married women with children is to keep the home--something not demeaning at all for women, but rather one of society's most important jobs. Feminisim disputes this, but since the rise of feminism, have things gotten better, or worse, for moms and their kids? The statistics are grim.

To the extent that day care centers help women who truly need to work, they are a blessing. But to the extent that they lure women into the workplace who shouldn't be there, and make them part of the above-referenced statistics, they can be a problem.

BTW, surveys show more and more women want OUT of the workplace and are starting home-based businesses.

On contraception, I'll take a pass. The Bible says to be fruitful and multiply, but doesn't say you can't limit the size of your family. But if missing this distinction is Bob McDonnell's greatest sin as a college student, what's the big deal?

Seems like the Left is engaging in a little Bible-bashing to try to score political points and distract from the Obamian demonstration that their philosophy produces bad government.

Chris of TX 12:34PM September 08, 2009

I often wonder if some self professed "Christians" have ever read the New Testament. The only people that Christ seemed to condemn were the money changers. Boy, if he came back today a lot of Republican morgage bankers would have some "splaining" to do.

Confused in PA of PA 2:37AM September 08, 2009

KMDay,

Before you get a copy of Obama's "thesis," you have to explain how it could exist, given that Columbia had no thesis requirement in those years for undergraduates. Maybe he wrote it for his PhD from the University of Pluto, where you nutcases seem to have matriculated.

As for Obama's Harvard Review article, Politico says "Obama's article, which begins on page 823 of Volume 103 of the Harvard Law Review, is available in libraries and subscription-only legal databases."

So, horrors, you'll have to set foot in a library.

Michelle's thesis is also available online at http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8642.html

I love how facts never seem to have any impact on rightwing frothing.

trudy of RI 6:32PM September 05, 2009

Interesting-isn't there and EX KKK Democrat in Congress that keeps getting re-elected? I suppose we should over look this though huh?

BTW....Where are Obama's college thesis or harvard review article? Wait for it....under lock-and-key so no one can review. Why you say? Well after angry hateful Michelle's was out there briefly with her RACIST views of AMerica, they had to hide his and then hers so no one would could read them.

As though Reverand Wrigh and VAN JONES do not give it away!

KMDay of TX 7:55PM September 04, 2009

Vote for Taliban Bob McDonnell: Cause he now thinks it's OK for the womenfolk to work!

greg of VA 5:11PM September 04, 2009

The Democrat is avoiding having his whole election attempt be nothing whatsoever but a referendum on gay marriage. And you're implying that he should just step into that buffoon's quicksand as though he had no sense whatsoever. Thankfully, not all liberals are as dumb as some of their opponents would like them to be.

Muser of NM 4:24PM September 04, 2009

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Dan Gilgoff covers religion for U.S. News & World Report. He is the author of The Jesus Machine: How James Dobson, Focus on the Family, and Evangelical America are Winning the Culture War, and is a former politics editor at beliefnet. E-mail Dan at godandcountry@usnews.com.

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