William Barr, Trump's Attorney General Pick, Wanted Government to 'Restrain Sexual Immorality'

[spanone]

In 1995, he blamed ‘secular’ government for everything from rising crime to STDs and called for subsidizing religious schools to turn back ‘assault’ on ‘traditional values.’

William Barr, Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, is widely regarded as a respected, experienced moderate likely to win support from Democrats and Republicans alike.

But in a 1995 essay, Barr expressed an extreme view that American government should not be secular, but instead should impose “a transcendent moral order with objective standards of right and wrong that… flows from God’s eternal law.”

Barr went on to blame everything from crime to sexually transmitted diseases on a government-led attack on “traditional values.” He explicitly called for the government to subsidize Catholic religious education and to promote laws which “restrain sexual immorality,” a reference to homosexuality and extramarital sex.

These views are no longer those of a private citizen. As attorney general, Barr would have more influence than anyone else in the country in how laws dealing with religion, LGBT rights, civil rights, and women’s rights are enforced or not.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/william-barr-trumps-attorney-general-pick-wanted-government-to-restrain-sexual-immorality?ref=home

[panader0]

1. He probably owns stock in a chastity belt company.

[dlk]

2. And He Looks Like the Kind of Guy Who Watches Porn at the Office

Barr emits a high “creep” factor.

[Coventina]

3. Christian Dominionist. He can start by firing Trump.

Oh yeah, I forgot. All those types are hypocrites.....

[dalton99a]

4. Perfect fit for the pussy grabber

[gratuitous]

5. All righty then

How does Mr. Barr feel about working for a man who hooked up with a prostitute while his third wife was in recovery from giving birth to his child? Is that moral or immoral in Mr. Barr's estimation? Keep in mind that the man in question then paid off the prostitute and had her sign a non-disclosure agreement, so the man himself doesn't think much of his own behavior and would like to keep it out of the public eye.

[spanone]

8. if it heightens his political status, he can probably mute his religiosity.

after all, it's all about winning

[DFW]

6. "moderate???"

By today's Republican standards, Attila the Hun was a moderate

[get the red out]

7. Another big Government R

They are a dime a dozen it seems.

[bullwinkle428]

9. Sounds like a throwback to Ken Starr and Ed Meese.