Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Digby Speaks
We are in the middle of a great culture war in this country in which liberals are continually accused of being immoral and indecent by people who profess to hold strong religious beliefs. These morals, however, are almost exclusively confined to personal sexual matters and seem only to apply to the conduct of individuals in their private lives. They seem to have nothing to say about our government conducting itself without regard to morality whenever it is convenient.... After the last election I read many pieces in which religious people advised that Democrats had to begin speaking in religious terms and appeal to voters on a moral basis. It was immediately assumed that this should be done in exactly the same way that the Republicans do, using their definition of morality. But I would suggest that we should make our own case for moral values --- as a government and a nation. It is there that we will find common ground among truly religious people and non-religious people of all stripes. And it is there that politics and morality are appropriately and necessarily linked in a free and democratic society. ...If Democratic politicians want to run on restoring moral values in government they can count me in. I'm a proud member of that moral values crowd and I'll happily hold hands with any religious person who wants to join me.
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Well, God seems to have spoken very clearly on this one.
The Freedom...er, French Quarter was reported to have been the one place in the city spared.
That's where all the publicans and sinners...er, gays and prostitutes hang out. That's where Jesus would have gone to get away from the stench of hypocrisy.
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The Freedom...er, French Quarter was reported to have been the one place in the city spared.
That's where all the publicans and sinners...er, gays and prostitutes hang out. That's where Jesus would have gone to get away from the stench of hypocrisy.
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