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In two astute posts today — The Stupid Party and More on the Stupid Party – Prof. Steven Bainbridge

has taken “his” Republican Party to task for arrogant and ham-headed behavior this past week in the

House of Representatives.  After reading Avi Schick’s column today from The New Republic on the

Kerry Campaign’s decision to hide John Kerry’s role as the leading sponsor (since 1997) of the Workplace

Religious Freedom Act, I can assure you that the Republicans have no monopoly on stupidity.

Please read the entire article.  Here are the opening paragraphs:

“On July 31, 1997, John Kerry took to the Senate floor to introduce legislation that, in his own

words, “would protect workers from on-the-job discrimination related to religious beliefs and

practices” by ensuring “that employers have a meaningful obligation to reasonably accommodate

their employees’ religious practices.” . . .

 

“If you’ve never heard of WRFA, you’re not alone. Despite having been the bill’s lead sponsor,

Kerry refused to mention WRFA, let alone take credit for it, once it became clear that he would be

the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee. In doing so, he passed up a trifecta of opportunities:

to connect with communities of faith; to challenge President Bush’s fealty to corporate interests;

and to present his Senate record as aggressive and idealistic. But WRFA also became wrapped up

in abortion politics, and so Kerry refused to speak about it for fear of offending liberal advocacy

groups. His campaign’s ham-handed approach to the bill points to everything that is wrong with

the Democratic Party’s current treatment of faith.”

  Click here for a rant from Change for America against Kerry’s support of WRFA; and here for the

ACLU’s case against the proposed Act.   [see our post towards a "democratic morality" ]

 

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moon-gaze too…
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                  Kobayashi ISSA