Christian Conservatives chagrined.
One reason many Christians identify with the Conservative political party is a feeling that the chosen party adheres to their basic principles and beliefs, two of which are the abhorrence of homosexuality and bearing a child out of wedlock. Dick Cheney, our V. P., is considered by these Christians one of their own. So it is obviously shocking for them to learn that Dick Cheney's daughter, Mary Cheney, is a Lesbian expecting a child, with her "partner", concieved out of wedlock. To not appear to be hypocrites, Christian Conservatives will have to walk a fine line deciding between responding by pretending nothing is amiss, disowning (or disassociating themselves from) the Cheneys or hating the sin but not the sinner(s). How they choose to respond will go a long way in winning converts or being ridiculed.
Labels: Religion, Republicanism
posted by KYJurisDoctor at 10:41 AM
4 Comments:
Mary Cheney is older than my 36 years. I don't think my parents are still accountable for my actions.
Nor is Dick for his daughter's
PHyllis Schafley's for her gay son's
Billy Graham when Franklin was firing off assault rifles Palastinian style.
He said he welcomes his new granddaughter. That's it. Handled as well as a father could. BTW: Who ever said Dick Cheney - or George Bush for that matter - was a conservative.
There may be no accountability in a legal sense, but not in the way the Christian conservatives will see it. They will still see her as the "daughter of one of us who is NOT supposed to be like that!" Cheney and Bush ARE Conservatives, just NOT in the Abraham Lincoln Republican mold the way we are. Fiscal IRRESPONSIBILITY is only one of their significant flaws.
What about in the limited government sense of the term? If we did a blind test, I think Clinton would be labeled more conservative than Bush.
Yep. The limited government aspect is directly affected by fiscal irreponsibilty, though there may be a question of which came first. Here is a good book to read: http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0385518277.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
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