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That being said, I think Mr. Antle has the right idea. This is a bad issue to use to litmus-test your candidate. Use the Fair-Tax. Listen for the idea of Less Government. Not More Amendments.

Using those ideas, the front runners are Huckabee, Paul, and Thompson.

Giuliani and Romney are every bit as progressive as Clinton and Obama. They just have a different spin on it. And that's what we should really be thinking about this primary season.

Our Children depend on us.

Mr. Antle is spot on in his article today. The Evangelical Christian, so called leaders, such as Dr. Dobson, etc. are their own worst enemies. They are never satisfied with anything other than 100% capitulation to their views. They never learn.

The Christian Right movement, like the Arlington Group, the Eagle Forum, etc. fought their guts out to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, and they won. Did they learn nothing of value in that fight? Instead, they learned the wrong lesson. They learned how powerful they were, not how to effectively go about effecting human behavior and national policy.

Roe v. Wade was decided by judges on a one-size-fits-all basis, and it is a disaster. Now the Christian Right "leaders" want to undo that disaster with a national one size fits all sweeping solution. They haven't been able to do that in all this time, despite their hard work. Have they learned nothing? With Federalism, we could have several states now that protect the lives of babies.

Now they are mad with Fred Thompson for his failure to sign on to a national, one size fits all DOMA. They are not going to get it. You can not get 67% of the Senate of the United States to vote to send it out for ratification. Heck, you couldn't get that many to vote on one common wording of the amendment. They can't even vote to protect the flag with a national amendment.

The NRA understands this common sense political reality. They have fought the gun rights battle state by state while working to block the draconian measures proposed in the national legislature. What is their track record of success? We now have "Shall Issue" concealed carry laws in all but a tiny handful of states. We now have "Castle Doctrine" laws of self defense in a significant number of states and the list expands every year. Do the Christian Right "leaders" not notice these results? Do they learn nothing from the NRA track record? Are they stupid?

I am very afraid that the Christian Right "leaders" are not really interested in results. They are solely interested in power, in flexing their political muscle. You are either 100% with them, or you are their enemy to be defeated. I am just so very sorry that there are so many folks that will sheepishly follow the dictates of such as Dr. Dobson and his like minded leaders.

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