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I mean most first world nations hardly put so much emphasis on faith. I lived in Canada for two years. A country just north of the U.S and even the most conservative laws there are more liberal than the most liberal of American states. This thing called Faith....Jesus worship...How did it become so ingrained in the daily life of an average caucasian person(if we are going back in time)? After all the same immigrants took the boats from Europe and also landed in Australia and Canada.
I think this is the big weakness with the republican party. From what I understand(as an outsider) politics is usually about social and economic reforms. Economic reforms should be the main priority. But social causes is what catches the average person's attention.
By being anti homosexual rights these people come across as dinosaurs to the observer. Who cares if someone can get married lawfully in the church. Just don't attend those days. Pass the idea that you don't give a about gay rights and let them go ahead and pass it. Then see how the image transforms. And then head the campaign with your strengths. Don't they see that the liberals have this massive advantage. They are new, they are young and bold. That's where the young votes go.
Last edited by CaseyB; 02-04-2014 at 04:22 AM..
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Seriously? You're asking why a country that was founded by people who had been persecuted for their religion who desired religious freedom so much they risked their lives to go to a new country and start over is religious?
I mean most first world nations hardly put so much emphasis on faith. I lived in Canada for two years. A country just north of the U.S and even the most conservative laws there are more liberal than the most liberal of American states. This thing called Faith....Jesus worship...How did it become so ingrained in the daily life of an average caucasian person(if we are going back in time)? After all the same immigrants took the boats from Europe and also landed in Australia and Canada.
I think this is the big weakness with the republican party. From what I understand(as an outsider) politics is usually about social and economic reforms. Economic reforms should be the main priority. But social causes is what catches the average person's attention.
By being anti homosexual rights these people come across as dinosaurs to the observer. Who cares if someone can get married lawfully in the church. Just don't attend those days. Pass the idea that you don't give a flying f##k about gay rights and let them go ahead and pass it. Then see how the image transforms. And then head the campaign with your strengths. Don't they see that the liberals have this massive advantage. They are new, they are young and bold. That's where the young votes go.
It's not religious, many people just pretend to be religious.
And count me glad we are not a "christian" nation.
Except we are. 83% of Americans consider themselves Christian in this country. One thing the OP was completely wrong about though is that it is NOT just whites that are religious. In fact, blacks are more religious as a group than whites in this country.
Eighty-three percent of Americans identify themselves as Christians. Most of the rest, 13 percent, have no religion. That leaves just 4 percent as adherents of all non-Christian religions combined — Jews, Muslims, Buddhists and a smattering of individual mentions
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Blacks, who are overwhelmingly Christian, are also more likely than whites to have any religion: Just 3 percent of blacks say they have no religion, compared to 13 percent of whites. ("No religion" includes people who describe their religion as atheist or agnostic.)
I mean most first world nations hardly put so much emphasis on faith. I lived in Canada for two years. A country just north of the U.S and even the most conservative laws there are more liberal than the most liberal of American states. This thing called Faith....Jesus worship...How did it become so ingrained in the daily life of an average caucasian person(if we are going back in time)? After all the same immigrants took the boats from Europe and also landed in Australia and Canada.
I think this is the big weakness with the republican party. From what I understand(as an outsider) politics is usually about social and economic reforms. Economic reforms should be the main priority. But social causes is what catches the average person's attention.
By being anti homosexual rights these people come across as dinosaurs to the observer. Who cares if someone can get married lawfully in the church. Just don't attend those days. Pass the idea that you don't give a flying f##k about gay rights and let them go ahead and pass it. Then see how the image transforms. And then head the campaign with your strengths. Don't they see that the liberals have this massive advantage. They are new, they are young and bold. That's where the young votes go.
This is a shinning example of arrant ignorance, moral bankruptcy and utter cluelessness.
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