It looks like the Moral Majority is having problems finding a candidate to get behind for 2008. I guess its surprising since most of them are twisting to fit the mold of the GOP “base”. Mitt Romney has tried hard to reinvent himself, but I’m not sure if James Dobson will be able to look past his Mormon Faith. Giuliani is pro-family, in fact he has had a few families, which is a nail in the coffin that is his pro-choice leanings. There are some candidates that would probably even line up perfectly with their “voter guides” distributed to churches across the country. Pro-life, check. Anti-evolution, check. Anti-gay, check. Anti-tax, check. But these guys are just too fringe to throw your support behind. It would be like supporting Alan Keyes…you definitely get your point across, but it’s basically a throw-away vote.
The book, A History of God, which I finally finished had this to say about this brand of religiosity (along with its counterparts in Judaism and Islam):
...this type of religiosity is actually a retreat from God. To make such human, historical phenomena as Christian "Family Values," "Islam, or "the Holy Land" the focus of religious devotion is a new form of idolatry. This type of belligerent righteousness has been a constant temptation to monotheists throughout the long history of God. It must be rejected as inauthentic. The God of the Jews, Christians and Muslims got off to an unfortunate start, since the tribal deity Yahweh was murderously partial to his own people. Latter-day crusaders who return to this primitive ethos are elevating the values of the tribe to an unacceptably high status and substituting man-made ideals for the transcendent reality which should challenge our prejudices....
…Ever since the prophets of Israel reformed the old pagan cult of Yahweh, the God of monotheists has promoted the idea of compassion…
...But Jews, Christians and Muslims who punctiliously attend divine services yet denigrate people who belong to different ethnic and ideological camps deny one of the basic truths of their religions. It is equally inappropriate for people who call themselves Jews, Christians, and Muslims to condone an inequitable social system. The God of historical monotheism demands mercy not sacrifice, compassion rather than decorous liturgy.
So maybe its time for all candidates to be held to the moral issues of compassion and social justice. We are living in a nation, and world, of inequitable social systems. The rich corporations and the people running them keep getting richer and the poor stay right where they were. Which candidate will make that a major domestic/moral issue?
It looks like the Moral Majority is having problems finding a candidate to get behind for 2008. I guess its surprising since most of them are twisting to fit the mold of the GOP “base”. Mitt Romney has tried hard to reinvent himself, but I’m not sure if James Dobson will be able to look past his Mormon Faith. Giuliani is pro-family, in fact he has had a few families, which is a nail in the coffin that is his pro-choice leanings. There are some candidates that would probably even line up perfectly with their “voter guides” distributed to churches across the country. Pro-life, check. Anti-evolution, check. Anti-gay, check. Anti-tax, check. But these guys are just too fringe to throw your support behind. It would be like supporting Alan Keyes…you definitely get your point across, but it’s basically a throw-away vote. 
