Is American Republican based Morals dragging down the rest of the World?
If the republican Bush war in
Illegal invasion of foreign countries, misinformation, misleading reports and truths, torture, killings of thousands of innocent people - men women and children, degrading of prisoners, prisoner abuse, illegal detention of prisoners, secret prisons, missing weapons, corruption and disappearance of millions of dollars intended for Iraq help, how to build nuclear bomb details on government web page, dubious contracts to companies in Iraq and excessive amounts of money have disappeared or unaccounted for or overcharged, civil rights infringed upon or reduced, people arrested or locked up on false or incorrect charges or misinformation,…….the list on these issues alone is almost endless.
Then there is the Republican Party and its supporters at home in
The leader of the National Association of Evangelicals with 30 million members and representing 45,000 churches across the United States is not only caught up in a sex scandal but also one concerning honesty. First of all the Reverend Ted Haggard denies having anything to do with the apparently self-confessed male prostitute Mr Jones. Then he says he had telephone contact with Mr Jones. Then under pressure, this then turns from a simple telephone contact to buying drugs (methamphetamine) from him. And then this turns into admitting he did receive a massage from this self-confessed gay male prostitute, although still denies there was anything sexual in it? And then….?
That Reverend Ted Haggard was the head of an association representing 30 million evangelical members across America who use their political clout against abortion, gay marriage and other major social and religious issues not only makes them all appear hypocritical, to say the very least, but seems to tie in with the general low Morals of the Republican Party and its close supporters.
Of course the advantage of belonging to a religious group such as the Evangelicals is that you can always find an excuse for some behaviour (if it concerns your own kind that is!): It is the devils work, or it is Gods will, or it becomes an “opportunity” because if he repents we can forgive (and happily forget) him for this,……….the list is almost as endless as are those above concerning the Republican Party. As I said in another article, Americans like the “backdoor” option.
It is amazing how much scandal the Republican Party and its close supporters such as the Evangelicals are prepared to tolerate if it concerns one of their own, however they are soon quick to deny the same rights to anyone who is not one of their own. Abortion, gay marriage war in
Even more amazing is that these people continue to doggedly and blindly support a party that is clearly on the wrong road as far as morals issues are concerned, just for the promise to get their own doctrines listen to and dealt with by Washington.
Hypocrisy is the word of the day. Morals, forget it!
And these low morals are dragging down the rest of the world.
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