Religious Right dominates Presidential nominating process

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Religious Right influence over the nation’s presidential election process ought to be of deep concern to all Americans who value individual freedom and the separation of church and state.

The New York Times reported yesterday that right-wing religious forces in Iowa have extraordinary control over political life in the Hawkeye State.

Says reporter Jeff Zeleny, “The ailing economy and the Tea Party’s demand for smaller government have dominated Republican politics for two years, but a resurgent social conservative movement is shaping the first stage of the presidential nominating contest, complicating the strategy for candidates who prefer to focus on fiscal issues over faith.

“Here in Iowa, whose caucuses next winter will open the campaign,” he continued, “social and religious conservatives are pressing the likely candidates on issues like same-sex marriage and abortion rather than on jobs, the budget deficit and other economic concerns that leaders of both parties expect to dominate the general election.”

http://www.secularnewsdaily.com/2011/03/29/inquisition-in-iowa-religious-right-dominates-presidential-nominating-process/

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