1) Because we (I would definitely say I'm part of the "religious right") want someone who will practice their faith in the white house, not just claim to be a member of that faith.
2) I agree with you there.
3) You say that like it's a bad thing...
4) Again, you put that in a bad light. And her 17 year old pregnant unwed daughter may be pregnant because she wasn't taught abstinence-only. Even if she was, no one is perfect (you think that if one person doesn't do something right, it reflects on everyone else in that person's group? Well, yes, it does, but it shouldn't).
5) Forgive me for being skeptical, but... aren't you invoking the exception instead of the rule?
6) Showing off her child with Down's Syndrome? As far as I know, that shows consistency; she didn't abort her disabled kid.
7) Forcing her daughter to marry a... when did you hear him proclaim himself a "****ing Redneck?"... anyway, she's just trying to make her daughter respectable for her (daughter's) own good as well as her (Palin's) own.
8) Given your custom title, it doesn't surprise me that it wouldn't surprise you...
9) If she was raped and got pregnant at 14 and had the child, good for her!
10) ...Lest you should take this post as being "uncivil," please don't take it personally/close the thread. I'm sorry if I offended anyone.
1) Meh, I always thought that this goes against the whole "separation of church and state thing" but then again I just don't get religion as an institution so I'll back off this comment.
2) In general I support most (not all, most) things where the government stands back and doesn't get actively involved in social or fiscal policy. So I tend to be more conservative fiscally.
3) Creationism is NOT SCIENCE. Again, church and state, don't mix them. Take an optional theology course somewhere if you're interested in Creationism as a theory.
4) From what I can tell, telling most 15-17 year olds "DON'T DO THIS" makes them want to do it more. There's exceptions, obviously, but just because she's the daughter of a governor doesn't make her exempt from this human tendency.
5) The exception is important because it's the one case where even the "abortion kills babies" argument doesn't fly -- the faetus will not become viable in this state. Period. You're risking the lives of people who did nothing wrong by forcing your ideologies on them.
6) By "show off", I mean the GOP is planning to use the child in their ad campaigns. Basically her child is being used in a way he can't approve of to further a political agenda.
7) His MySpace said it, in those exact words, before it was deleted. Also, explain how being forced to marry at 17 is a GOOD thing again?
8) I've seen a few pictures that suggest this, it's not just whacko liberal slander. It may not be true, but it's not exactly baseless, either.
9) Yea, we'll never see eye to eye on this. Moving on.
10) Actually that's a rather civil post. I disagree with most of it, but it's substantial, which is more than I can say for most politiks debate. Well, compared to the post below yours at least that I deleted for being idiotic (it was, essentially, "you're wrong because I have different beliefs than you"). -_-