The American Spectator

Political Hay

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At times people in my party scratch their heads and say, "Why are you dealing with inadequate housing?" I say, "How can you ignore that? Can you say as long as a kid didn't get aborted, heck, we don't care where he lives? Or as long as a kid didn't get aborted, we don't care if he gets an education? As long as we didn't abort the child, we don't care if he has access to health care?"

br> The new religious right that Republicans like Huckabee and Brownback are trying to build is in many respects admirable and appealing. The moral implications of the Christian faith are obviously broader than single-issue politics and sex, something an older breed of organized religious conservatives sometimes seemed to forget. But four decades of activist government have taught us the pitfalls of effecting social change from Washington; those consequences won't be ameliorated simply by putting more faithful bureaucrats in charge.

It would be a shame if religious conservatives tried to correct their own mistakes by repeating the Great Society liberals'. There was a good reason another man from Hope claimed to believe the era of big government was over.

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