Founders had it right on religion - Trudy Rubin

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http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/2005/03/25/news/editorial/11226744.htm

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The most ghoulish part of Congress' involvement in the Schiavo case is how little it has to do with her and how much it reflects a Republican drive to blur that barrier between church and state.

All of us can identify with the terrifying choices that confront Schiavo's family and husband. I watched members of my extended family confront a somewhat similar tragedy. But empathy with the family doesn't mean endorsement of congressional intervention; 70 percent of respondents in a recent poll said it was inappropriate for Congress to get involved.

Republican lawmakers -- and the White House -- have contravened just about every one of their Golden Rules to get involved in this case. They have junked their supposed respect for states' rights, their call for limited federal judicial activism, their alleged respect for the sanctity of marriage.

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My note: WTF? It was my experience that Trudy Rubin was a Republican apologist. Correct me if I'm wrong . . .

[Warpy]

1. Even a stopped clock...

Seriously, the overreaction, the hype, and the tactic of whipping the already religiously insane into an absolute frenzy have sickened all reasonable Repuglicans. And there are reasonable ones, they're just WRONG.

If anything has come out of the fight over that unfortunate woman's body, it's this. The rank and file of the party has finally been sickened by the right wing religious base.