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Kathleen Parker writes the unthinkable (only a few months ago). The GOP might just push the fundies out of the tent. Giving Up on God discusses what is needed to heal the Republican Party and position it for the future.
To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn't soon cometh.
Simply put: Armband religion is killing the Republican Party. And, the truth -- as long as we're setting ourselves free -- is that if one were to eavesdrop on private conversations among the party intelligentsia, one would hear precisely that.
The point of her editorial is essentially to call for a secular grounding for the GOP. One where one’s religion is a private matter.
The pendulum is starting to swing back toward the center. It is about time.
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