Republicans really don’t like atheists and Muslims

The article follows my commentary

It's amazing! Yesterday while I was updating my disclosure page on my site, I wrote independent for political affiliation but changed it back to Republican, and it has been going on for a while, almost since 2006. 

When this report came out, a few of my Hindu acquaints seemed happy that the Republicans don't like Muslims.  The poor men don't know that there is always a small percentage of people who don't like others.  I wrote back to him;

Not all of them.

However, they  also don't like Jews (yes), Hindus, Sikhs and African Americans (though on the face they don't. Cantor was the only one Jewish leader in the congress, he was defeated badly, and questions were raised about it, but did not go further. Do you recall Romney was the nominee, they hated Mormons too... it was blatant hate, even now they don't.

If an individual is packed with hate for me, I guarantee you, they have it for you on your back. We have to be careful with the people who malign others to make friends.

Hindus:
1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-ghouse/senator-williams-offend-hindus_b_1075392.html

2. http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2010/11/texas-faith-should-christians-and-other.html

Jews and Hindus too...

3. http://theghousediary.blogspot.com/2011/10/pastor-robert-jeffress-and-his-bigotry.html

I have defended plenty and written plenty on it. I have spoken up on every issue that I am aware of.... do your remember the anti-Hindu School text book issue - it was the republicans...

A small percent of Republicans have an intolerant streak in them, the shameful thing is the good majority does not speak up when the few spew bigotry.

I would say, for every ass in one group, there is another in the other group.

Thank you
mike
Mike Ghouse
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Republicans really don’t like atheists and Muslims
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/16/republicans-really-dont-like-atheists-and-muslims/

By Christopher Ingraham July 16

Photo by Flickr user Rupert Ganzer, used under a Creative Commons license.

 

Republicans express a much wider array of feelings toward people of different religious groups than do Democrats, according to a new Pew Research Center report. Pew asked respondents to rate different faiths on a "feeling thermometer" ranging from 0 (most negative) to 100 (most positive). Overall, Americans had the most positive feelings toward Jews, Catholics and Evangelical Christians, and more negative feelings toward atheists and Muslims.

But there are striking differences between respondents of different political parties. Republicans are much more positively disposed toward Evangelicals and Mormons than Democrats, and they have significantly more negative views of atheists and Muslims. The chart below says it all.

Overall, the Democratic spread between most-liked and least-liked faith groups is 18 points, compared to 38 points among Republicans. This reflects a number of political realities, the first being that Republicans are more than three times as likely as Democrats to be white evangelical Protestants. Republicans are also more likely to say that religion plays an important role in their lives.

Republicans' embrace of a predominately white, evangelical flavor of Christianity is both an asset and a liability at the ballet box. It's been great for shoring up their support among religious conservatives, but their support among the religiously unaffiliated - a rapidly growing demographic - has been eroding for decades.
Today's Pew study indicates that these trends are self-reinforcing. Republicans hold negative views of atheists and Muslims, which causes these groups to leave the Republican party, which in turn leaves the party with a more religiously homogeneous core. Meanwhile, the opposite dynamic is occurring among white Evangelical voters.

Religious identity is less fundamental to the Democratic party, so Democrats' disposition toward religious groups are more muted than Republicans'. In the end this makes for a broader religious coalition, but one with less intensity of feeling.

For more on the Pew poll, read Michelle Boorstein's take: "Which is your favorite faith group? Most Americans answer: My own."

Dumb ass Republican right wingers

I am appalled at the dumb ass Republicans, as a Republican I condemn this bullshit strongly, if not, by default I become one of them, and I am not. These dudes will sink the republican party, and it is our duty to call them to back off.  Who the fuck are we to dictate another American?

Mike Ghouse
A pissed off Republican

Arizona Republicans Propose Bill That Would Not Allow Atheists To Graduate High School

January 25, 2013 By Hemant Mehta 213 Comments

A group of Arizona politicians — all Republicans, of course — have proposed a law (House Bill 2467) requiring public high school students to recite the following oath in order to graduate:

I, _______, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge these duties; So help me God.

To quote Comedy Central’s Ilya Gerner: “Nothing says ‘I take this obligation freely’ quite like a state law that withholds your diploma unless you swear an oath.”
Kevin Bondelli adds:

… graduating high school is not the same thing as voluntarily accepting the responsibility of a public office or admission to the legal bar. A high school diploma is, with extremely few exceptions, required to have a chance to live above the poverty level. It is the culmination of an education that up until that point was compulsory.

It’s bad enough the Republicans are demanding loyalty of the kind normally reserved for members of Congress and beyond — but there’s also no way I would say those last four words, and the current text of the legislation does not allow for any alternatives.
In other words, if this bill were to become a law, atheists would either not be allowed to graduate… or they would be forced to lie so they could graduate. Neither option is acceptable.
Mike Sunnucks of the Phoenix Business Journal points out another problem:

The Arizona bill could also face legal challenges if it is approved.
Jehovah’s witnesses, some Muslims and pacifist Quakers have in the past challenged loyalty oaths imposed by the federal government and other agencies, saying they conflict with their beliefs and religious professions. Similarly, some Arizona students could challenge the proposed high school oath as a violation of their religious liberties and freedom of expression.

This bill is the work of Representatives Bob Thorpe, Sonny Borrelli, Carl Seel, T.J. Shope, Jeff Dial, David Livingston, Chester Crandell, and Steve Smith.

Smith and Shope have also introduced legislation demanding that all students in grades 1-12 recite the Pledge of Allegiance (with “Under God”) every day. At least in that bill, students can get out of saying it with their parents’ permission. 

No such exemption exists in the Loyalty Oath.

Keep in mind that in both cases, the bills do not help children get a better education. That’s the saddest thing about all this. The people who are in charge of fixing the education crisis are proposing solutions that would only waste more classroom time and exclude many students from graduating despite fulfilling their current requirements.
(Thanks to Brian for the link)