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So once again the Republicans are in danger of overplaying their hand--this time on the gay issue. In the Senate, they're blocking James Hormel, a San Francisco businessman, from becoming an ambassador. The only reason Hormel has not been confirmed is that he happens to be gay. (The charge that he funded gay pornography is untrue.) This is old-fashioned bigotry. Even for those senators whose religions abhor homosexuality, rejecting Hormel is about hating the ""sinner'' as well as the ""sin.''

The Party of Lincoln should follow Honest Abe's lead, by projecting moral conduct without moral fervor. Lincoln was uncomfortable with impassioned abolitionism, and urged ""malice toward none'' when it came to dealing with immoral Southerners. The danger of theo-conservatives is not that they are trying to bring a moral compass into politics. It's that they are doing so without the generosity of spirit that has always been essential for any navigation of public life.

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  • Posted By: shiny_buttons @ 07/21/2008 10:30:58 PM

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  • Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 07/21/2008 9:21:58 PM

    Homosexuals should not be aloud to spend time with children and corrupt there minds. Homosexuality is just as wrong as Murder they are both depraved sick crimes against what is natural.
    Both these crimes fly in the face of what is normal decient human behavior.
    Anyone that supports homosexual activity is a contributor to it.
    Homosexuality is wrong.
    Its is not diversity it is perverisity
    They should be given the mental help they need.
    It is not about left or right wing politics its about right and wrong.
    Homosexuality is wrong and always will be just because you say its not does not mean its true.
    Hate what is bad not the individual only the crime.

  • Posted By: OnlyCureJGK @ 07/21/2008 9:18:59 PM

    Homosexuals should not be aloud to spend time with children and corrupt there minds. Homosexuality is just as wrong as Murder they are both depraved sick crimes against what is natural.
    Both these crimes fly in the face of what is normal decient human behavior.
    Anyone that supports homosexual activity is a contributor to it.
    Homosexuality is wrong.
    Its is not diversity it is perverisity
    They should be given the mental help they need.
    It is not about left or right wing politics its about right and wrong.
    Homosexuality is wrong and always will be just because you say its not does not mean its true.

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