Why I Can No Longer Call Myself an Evangelical Republican

[elleng]

'There are times in life when the institutional ground underneath you begins to crumble — and with it, longstanding attachments. Such is the case for me when it comes to the Republican Party and evangelicalism.

I’ve been a part of both for my entire adult life. These days, though, in many important ways they are having harmful effects on our society.

The latest example is in Alabama, where Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate, stands accused of varying degrees of sexual misconduct by nine women, including one who was 14 years old at the time. Mr. Moore leads in most polls, and solidly among most evangelicals, heading into Tuesday’s election.'>>>

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/09/opinion/sunday/wehner-evangelical-republicans.html?

[samnsara]

1. the gop winning this short lived seat will be worse than if they had lost it...

...we will make sure of that.

[tazkcmo]

3. How?

The voters in this country clearly don't care about sexual harassment/assault/rape/molestation and the Democratic Party is busy eating their own. How will "we" (who ever that is) suddenly make them care? I truly am interested in how "we will make sure of that".

[bitterross]

6. I totally agree. /nt

[tazkcmo]

2. Let me guess

Now they're just Republicans?

[Irish_Dem]

4. Right. No real change at all. nt

[bobbieinok]

5. See Frank Schaeffer utube videos and pathos blog, Chris Shoops(sp?) #emptythepews

[bobbieinok]

7. IMHO, GOP and Evangelicals are discrediting themselves. Atheists have nothing to do with it.

Glad he's gotten there, but his old view of GOP was pretty off. It was bad under Reagan and has just gotten worse. Not sure he's really learned a lot; would just change surface, not essence.

[Girard442]

8. From the article:

There are of course a great many honorable individuals in the Republican Party and the evangelical movement. Those who hold different views than I do lead exemplary lives.

No. They do not.

If you support fascists, you're a fascist.