Stole this Goldwater quote from Rich Goranson - LISTEN TO MR. EXTREMISM IN THE DEFENSE OF LIBERTY IS NO VICE GOLDWATER, GOP!!!! STOP using religion as a weapon! The religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives...We have succeeded for 205 years in keeping the affairs of state separate from the uncompromising idealism of religious groups and we mustnt stop now. To retreat from that separation would violate the principles of conservatism and the values upon which the framers built this democratic republic. - Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-AZ), Senate Speech, 16 September 1981 Just now · Like
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 12:49:28 +0000