i'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you come rain or come shine
Happy 05.
The presidential election did not signal the growth of "moral values" in American life, but the widening of a morality gap. The parallels between authoritarian tendencies and "moral values" are readily seen.
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As indicated above, many evangelical, fundamentalist and "born again" Christians who voted for so-called "moral values" seem to be really saying that they cannot tolerate democracy: because it not only guarantees their freedom of belief and practice, but presupposes the legitimacy of the independent thought and belief and values others live by. The Christian beliefs of these churchgoers are actually authoritarian. They entertain, if not take for granted, the aspect of democracy that offers them the right to believe and worship and live as they choose, but they hate the fact that it offers the same freedom and rights to those with contrary beliefs and values. Thus, their commitment is not to respect the democratic rights of others but to use the democratic process to gain political power over them, to impose their superior, divinely-revealed "moral values" on others and society. They think of democracy in terms of the will of the majority, not also the rights of the minority.
Finally. As one of the gentlemen who runs the linked-to-site has pointed out, Four More Years doth not necessarily an Armaggedon make. Damage to the environment and welfare state aside, there may be more real harm coming out of courting the "values voters" than the politicians who claim to represent them.
Recall a little saying about reaping the whirlwind. Been there, done that, of course.
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