Responses to GOP "Republican for a Reason" in the RNC web page show that many R's

[AlinPA]

are not happy with the religious right controlling the party. The item below posted in that web page received 4 out of 5 stars in rating. I would love to see their party move all the way to line up with the Westboro Baptist Church and KKK so they would be continuously rejected, but obviously it won't.

From the RNC web page:
"The Republican Party has become the party of the Religious Right, seemingly inextricably. This metamorphosis is frightening to those of us who believe religious extremism has no place in American Government. When I first registered to vote over 25 years ago, it was as a Republican. I believed in smaller government, states’ rights, and protecting our borders. I believe societal health is rooted in personal responsibility and actions. This is what I was told the Republican Party stood for. In the ensuing years, the primary focus of the party seems to have transformed into one of vehement religious and societal intolerance, seemingly as it’s primary Ideal. Nothing illustrates this re-characterization of the party more alarmingly than the election campaign conducted by Governor Sarah Palin, who embodies all of the most frightening caricatures the Republican Party has come to mean to much of America and the world:
• American Military and Religious Arrogance abroad
• Ignorance of and indifference to Global Issues and the rights of other cultures
• Religious extremism and intolerance at home in America
• Exclusion of those who do not embrace the values shared by the Religious Right and proprietary use of the phrase “Family Values” to describe those values.
There are other families in this country who hold their values dear, though they may differ from those of the Religious Right. Until the Republican Party can assure those outside of the Religious Right that the party is more than an intolerant, witch-burning mob, brandishing AK47’s and proclaiming God’s Will from the stump, it will be viewed with fear and contempt by those of us who have abandoned it."

[Wapsie B]

1. Excellent thread!

If there's any hope for the gop they have to expell the idolaters of the religious right.

[AlinPA]

4. I'm OK with their current setup; rabid religious wackos and Sarah Palin idiots. We can beat that

party like a rented mule.

[Number23]

2. Really good OP but I'm not sure why you didn't include a link

It's here - http://www.republicanforareason.com/RPC_Text.aspx

And you're right, this is fascinating stuff! I've already seen a few responses from Republicans concerned that the party will fade into irrelevance if it's continued to be seen as the party of "old white guys."

[AlinPA]

5. I didn't want to link up the RNC here.

[zbdent]

3. It's their fault for encouraging the psycho righties ...

and not talking reasonably with them, instead of preying (yes, pun intended) on their baser instincts, above all else ...