Frank Schaffer author of "Crazy For God" on Politics Nation spells out the GOP's problem.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/45755884/vp/53280465#53280465

It all starts 3 minutes into the clip.

The key part:

"The Evangelical Movement has been hijacked by a fundamentalist far right minority. They in turn have hijacked the Republican Party who are holding you and me hostage."

[merrily]

1. That has been the case since Roe v. Wade was decided, maybe even before.

[Douglas Carpenter]

4. actually Evangelicals had little to no interest in Roe/Wade or the abortion issue until years later

more or less around the late 70's when the organized Christian right began to form.

My Take: When evangelicals were pro-choice

By Jonathan Dudley, Special to CNN

In 1968, Christianity Today published a special issue on contraception and abortion, encapsulating the consensus among evangelical thinkers at the time. In the leading article, professor Bruce Waltke, of the famously conservative Dallas Theological Seminary, explained the Bible plainly teaches that life begins at birth:

“God does not regard the fetus as a soul, no matter how far gestation has progressed. The Law plainly exacts: 'If a man kills any human life he will be put to death' (Lev. 24:17). But according to Exodus 21:22–24, the destruction of the fetus is not a capital offense… Clearly, then, in contrast to the mother, the fetus is not reckoned as a soul.”

The magazine Christian Life agreed, insisting, “The Bible definitely pinpoints a difference in the value of a fetus and an adult.” And the Southern Baptist Convention passed a 1971 resolution affirming abortion should be legal not only to protect the life of the mother, but to protect her emotional health as well.

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/30/my-take-when-evangelicals-were-pro-choice/

[melody]

2. It has been that way for 30 years n/t

[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. Frank Schaffer was a part of it but woke up.

[gopiscrap]

5. yup I agree with him