Gary Wills notes in today's New York Times that more Americans believe in the Virgin Birth than in the theory of evolution. Maureen Dowd writes about some of the rising stars of the new consensus on moral values:
"Tom Coburn, the new senator from Oklahoma, has advocated the death penalty for doctors who perform abortions and warned that "the gay agenda" would undermine the country. He also characterized his race as a choice between "good and evil" and said he had heard there was "rampant lesbianism" in Oklahoma schools.
Jim DeMint, the new senator from South Carolina, said during his campaign that he supported a state G.O.P. platform plank banning gays from teaching in public schools. He explained, "I would have given the same answer when asked if a single woman who was pregnant and living with her boyfriend should be hired to teach my third-grade children."
John Thune, who toppled Tom Daschle, is an anti-abortion Christian conservative - or "servant leader," as he was hailed in a campaign ad - who supports constitutional amendments banning flag burning and gay marriage. "
I'm not sure whether to be any more afraid than I was before the election. Fortunately we live in the heart of the Blue Zone, and Philadelphia seems like a safe place to be for the moment. I rarely set foot outside of the city boundaries anyway, and I'm even less likely now to venture out into the howling wastelands of the Red Zone. For all its faults, West Philly is in fact a bastion of rationality and tolerance.
what, scared of the wolves, ross�?
;-) ......... laserbeam� [aka ray]
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