Matthew Dowd: icky Culture War this religious stuff - just shut up. - Granite Grok

Matthew Dowd: icky Culture War this religious stuff – just shut up.

On This Week with George Stephanopolus (4/5) was another great example of an Establishment Republican, Matthew Dowd (Republican strategiest, according to This Week), of the absolute distaste of the Beltway R Elite not wanting even engage in anything that gets in the way of “we can’t make it smaller but we can manage Govt better” mantra, specifically “who CARES what’s in the First Amendment we say we support”:

Dowd:  I think it makes it difficult when you get involved in a culture war.  It makes it easier in a primary but more difficult in a general election where the country stands today.  To me, the reason why this is both fascinating and sad, and disappointing, is it that these issues drop into the body politic and because there is this underlying boiling going on that we don’t see that drop in then everyone gets polarized.  To me, the thing that disturbed me the most about this was that people couldn’t say: you could be a person of faith, who goes to church, prays to God, and tolerant and compassion at the same time.

In other words, it’s all about the W, period.  Also, in other other words, Dowd hates the idea that the Republicans have to get involved in the Culture War at all. Worse, what he said was exactly what Obama has been preaching in direct contradiction to the First Amendment: not Freedom of Expression but only, merely, freedom to worship.  And Dowd makes it clear – worship only in private but when you come to the public square, put your beliefs in the closet, put your Bible (or Koran – but I doubt he’d EVER say that) in the nightstand, and bow down to Nebuchadnezzar’s statue (re: the Government).

Shut up and let us win – and when it comes to items of faith, well, tolerance means that you are compelled to give up that faith.  Hey, we’re a modern society – who cares, anymore, what one of our Foundational Pillars are.

Later he said something both startling and stupid when the discussion went to politics and religion at the 20,000′ level:

It has been.  But I think there has been an incredible opportunity in America today for somebody to rise up and bridge this divide that seems to exist between faith and compassion and faith and tolerance. I think part of the problem in America, in politics and in religion that we have, is that ideology and theology becomes more important than humanity.

Ergo, it looks like he does not belief it is a two way street.  The problem is that tolerance is bi-directional and it is supposed to be even-handed.  Setting up yet another protected class?  When does it stop – except at the illogical ending of demonizing the majority.  Which is, from the political angle, is EXACTLY the desired outcome and the gaystapo will not stop.  In fact, they won’t be happy in Indiana until that is explicitly done and their protests during the Final Four yesterday made that quite clear.  When is enough, enough?

Never.  Until there is a forced affirmation and celebration of a lifestyle that is seen as sinful by most Christians that have not fallen for a mere social gospel (e.g., the Presbyterian Church).  And that is not going to happen with many.  Yes, are the young evangelicals changing on this issue?  Sure, but when compared to orthodox theology, they are becoming “a la carte” Christians – and that’s not the Christian faith.  It may be faith, but not orthodox.

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