How to wedge the RW Evangelicals from the GOP

[juliagoolia]

strategy we could have used.


we should have blanketed these churches with flyers saying bush supported gay marraige .. /civil unions and give the quote where he said he supported civil unions.. same sex/sex

should have also put his quotes about backing the arms bill if it came to his desk.

We should have hit church parking lots with this info..and told them all they were being pandered to. We should have used bible verses easily found to point out these things to them.

People do not like to be pandered to.


We should have talked up the social programs for the poor and children on the same flyer and talked about how Dems have always worked hard for the poor.

We should have pointed out how God does not force anyone to be christian, and that chruches need to do a better job of changing hearts not laws.

We could have won if we did this things or start doing them right away.

[JHBowden]

1. We need to promote science and rationality.

After all, it has made modern life possible. There's no need to bash Fords when you are offering someone a Porsche.

[Tamyrlin79]

2. what you suggest is NOT the right way...

By making this argument, you concede that gay marriage is a "bad thing" and betray your own values in the process. That lets them call you a "flip flopper".

The tightrope is that we must wedge them away without sacrificing our values. the only way to do that is to make them understand that our values have a higher priority than theirs as a matter of law and that the values they espouse is akin to religious tyranny by the majority.

We really do have to take the gloves off when it comes to religion. We've been way too meally-mouthed about it. Something Dems seem to do a lot of. If nothing else, election 2004 was a wake-up call to take off the friggin' gloves.