Pass the popcorn! 'Pledge To America' Is Just 'Satisfactory,' Says Family Research Council's

[blondeatlast]

Tony Perkins

The Pledge focuses much more heavily on economic issues than social ones, and according to Jon Ward of The Daily Caller, has "little of substance for the value voters movement." The preamble states, "We pledge to advance policies that promote greater liberty, wider opportunity, a robust defense, and national economic prosperity. We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values." Beyond that, however, there is very little mentioned, except plans to "permanently end taxpayer funding of abortion and codify the Hyde Amendment" and "enact into law conscience protections for health care providers, including doctors, nurses, and hospitals."

Even this language was controversial with the GOP leadership, and there was reportedly "a spirited debate behind closed doors about the degree to which social issues should be included in the new agenda." Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), who won the presidential straw poll at the recent Values Voter Summit, "led the campaign to ensure social issues would not be ignored" in the Pledge.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/09/23/pledge-america-family-research-council_n_737013.html

[thereismore]

1. What? No gay marriage ban? nt

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Hell, it will take a lot more than THAT to satisfy the born-again Taliban

Maybe state-mandated religious indoctrination or creation of a Xian Morals & Ethics Commission - one with tentacles reaching into all three branches of government - would placate them for awhile, but I don't believe these zealots can be appeased until unrepentant 'heathens' are shipped off to concentration camps.

[thereismore]

9. Right. One Nation under God. They want "theocracy" with themselves in charge. nt

[HopeHoops]

2. If it didn't include a promise to destroy the US Constitution, what the fuck good is it?

That's what the Republican party is all about now. Geeze, get it right assholes!

[blondeatlast]

4. Ssssh... that's not destroying the Constitution, it's

"Restoring American Values."

Read the memos.

[HopeHoops]

5. Yeah, like slavery, indentured servitude, bigotry, etc.

Hell, I thought we had gotten over that stupidity.

[Beaverhausen]

6. they won't be happy until they jail abortion doctors and women who seek abortions

[zappaman]

7. "values voters"

can suck it.

[DeSwiss]

8. K&R

"...little of substance for within the value voters movement."

/fixed

[Arkana]

10. Not enough "Burn the gays, hang the women, shoot the Negroes" for you, fundies?

[Permanut]

11. Should include witchburning as well...

Except that wouldn't go well with the O'Donnell groupies