You gotta hand it to them. While the national GOP scrambles, the TN right-wing makes no excuses for its hate-filled agenda. In fact, it's becoming more and more apparent that the new state legislature will forego all those silly old-school Republican ideals of "small government" and "personal responsibility" in favor of the REALLY important issues...
From the Nashville Scene...
Evangelicals would like to clear up any confusion over who's running the state legislature.
Christian Right leaders are instructing lawmakers to put "values issues" first in the upcoming session—even at a time of economic calamity, with state tax collections falling as much as $800 million below budget.
"Some folks just don't get it!" exclaims David Fowler, president of the Rev. James Dobson-affiliated Family Action Council.
In a message to supporters, Fowler dismisses more cautious observers who are advising Republicans against full-out pursuit of the conservative Christian agenda.
"They could not be more dead wrong!" he writes. "For Republicans to ignore those who brought them to the dance is political suicide."
Outlawing abortions, of course, is at the top of the to-do list.
What else is on the evangelical agenda? Censoring television "indecency," teaching creationism in science classes, banning gay adoptions, prohibiting any mention of homosexuality in public schools—the famous "Don't Say Gay" bill—and the list goes on.
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This is gonna be fun.
