Unmarried atheists will be the undoing of the democrap party.

Quote :

"The reason that married, churchgoing people disproportionately develop Republican affiliation has less to do with conservative convictions on divisive social issues (like abortion, guns, or gay marriage) and more to do with distrust of big government and preferred reliance on intimate arrangements. The great conservative philosopher and parliamentarian Edmund Burke emphasized the importance of the “little platoons” of civil society—family, church, community, business—above centralized institutions of government. People who can count on religious involvement and family support networks to help with the basic needs of existence (from child care to elder care) will feel less desire for costly, intrusive, bureaucratic programs to satisfy daily demands. On the other hand, the unmarried and the un-churched count as far more likely to feel alone and unprotected, supporting expansive, activist government to address their urgent needs. By most measures, Republicans exemplify values and behavior that most Americans want for themselves, since those affiliated with the GOP are more likely to be committed to long-term marriages, to be active in their churches and synagogues, and to achieve financial success (with 23 percent earning above $90,000, compared with 18 percent in the nation at large), and far less likely to experience (or support) reliance on government welfare programs. The minority communities that today provide Democrats with their most unshakably reliable supporters (with 36 percent of Democrats identified as “nonwhite” compared with only 26 percent in the general public) most emphatically share the positive view of faith and family that’s so disproportionately displayed in the Republican Party. A fresh push among black and particularly Hispanic voters should portray the GOP as the natural home for those who want their kids to grow up to lasting marriages and lifelong religious commitments—chipping away at that near-monolithic minority support that sustains Obama’s increasingly forlorn hopes for reelection. Read more: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/11/21/why-demographic-shifts-on-religion-and-marriage-could-doom-the-democratic-party.html#ixzz1eYyiErD6"

11/23/2011 3:41:02 PM

THIS IS CHIT CHAT STOP WITH THE STUFF

[Edited on November 23, 2011 at 3:45 PM. Reason : gonna let a few others voice their opinion before i lock this]

11/23/2011 3:43:56 PM

^

11/23/2011 3:44:35 PM

I have full confidence that the convention in Charlotte will so overwhelmingly knock the motherfucking socks off of the candidates, the delegates, and everyone in attendance that the oppressive weight of parasitic political conspiracies will be vanquished, and hope and optimism will finally return.

11/23/2011 3:45:59 PM

I thought I was in the SB when I posted. Sorry. Lock or move.

11/23/2011 3:47:28 PM

soap box threads will the undoing of chit chat

11/23/2011 3:49:21 PM

Why lock it?


Just move it.

11/23/2011 3:57:45 PM

move it on over...

...slide it on over

11/23/2011 3:58:13 PM

ignoring the provocative title, this is actually kinda interesting

11/23/2011 4:07:28 PM

it's interesting if you ignore the false dichotomy and condescension

11/23/2011 7:40:15 PM

^ word

11/23/2011 7:56:24 PM

^double word

11/23/2011 8:11:49 PM

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/28/1676707/3-perdue-associates-indicted.html

Quote :

"A Wake County grand jury today handed down indictments alleging that a top aide to Gov. Bev Perdue's 2008 campaign schemed to pay a staffer $32,000 for work that was kept off the books in violation of state election laws."

11/29/2011 6:06:53 PM