{"id":1444,"date":"2004-11-04T12:01:09","date_gmt":"2004-11-04T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/uncategorized\/america-is-a-conservative-nation\/"},"modified":"2004-11-04T12:01:09","modified_gmt":"2004-11-04T19:01:09","slug":"america-is-a-conservative-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/dump-duhbya\/america-is-a-conservative-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"‘America is a conservative nation’"},"content":{"rendered":"

News > Politics — Faithful say their votes carried day” href=”http:\/\/www.signonsandiego.com\/news\/politics\/20041104-9999-1n4faith.html”>SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics — Faithful say their votes carried day<\/a> By Sandi Dolbee, UNION-TRIBUNE RELIGION & ETHICS EDITOR<\/p>\n

“This is a great victory,” said Cass, who last summer left his East County church to lead the Center for Reclaiming America, a conservative Christian public activism arm of Coral Ridge Ministries in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.<\/p>\n

“It really is showing that America is a conservative nation<\/b> and, unfortunately for those politicians on the other side of those issues, it’s not going to go well for them for a long time,” he said. …<\/p>\n

“The religious right is already crowing about providing Bush’s margin of victory<\/b>,” Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for Separation of Church and State, said in a statement issued yesterday.<\/p>\n

“The movement’s leaders expect to be handsomely rewarded for that<\/b>,” he added, noting that seats on the U.S. Supreme Court are likely to open up during Bush’s second term. “The culture war may go nuclear.”<\/p>\n

Social conservatives score victories, plan more impact<\/a> by Matt Stearns and Charles Homans, Knight Ridder Newspapers<\/p>\n

“This country was based on biblical principles,” said Roberta Combs, president of the Christian Coalition of America, applauding what she called the “pro-life, pro-family” Election Day victories. “This is a sign of what America used to be, and that we’re going back to where we were.” …<\/p>\n

The U.S. Senate tilted sharply right with the election of several new senators, including <\/p>\n

• Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who has advocated the death penalty for doctors<\/i> who perform abortions, and <\/p>\n

• Jim DeMint of South Carolina, who said pregnant single women should not be allowed to teach in public schools.<\/b> …<\/p>\n

Exit polls indicate that Christian conservatives are a big reason for those wins. About 78 percent of self-described born-again Christians voted for Bush, himself a born-again Christian. A fifth of all voters said moral values were the most important issue in the campaign, and three out of four of those voters went for Bush. …<\/p>\n

Look for the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular to be the next battleground where social conservatives flex their muscle, several social conservative leaders said.<\/p>\n

“I’ve heard commentators say Bush should pick judges who don’t polarize,” said Jan LaRue, chief counsel of Concerned Women for America. “Nonsense … The president shouldn’t be cutting any deals with Democrats.”<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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