"When government becomes the means of carrying out a religious program, it raises obvious questions under the First Amendment. But even in the absence of constitutional issues, a political party should resist identification with a religious movement. While religions are free to advocate for their own sectarian causes, the work of government and those who engage in it is to hold together as one people a very diverse country. At its best, religion can be a uniting influence, but in practice, nothing is more divisive. For politicians to advance the cause of one religious group is often to oppose the cause of another."
--former REPUBLICAN senator John Danforth in today's NYT.
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
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"I will fight them [the religious right] every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of 'conservatism'"--Barry Goldwater, quoted in "Republicans Have Deserted Core Principles".
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