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Family Values: Republican Style
By Byron A. Ellis
The Republicans and Evangelicals have used family values as a political concept. Although the term is vague and often has different meanings for different people, conservatives understand the term to include abstinence, but you would not know that by their embraced of unwed pregnancy.
The Republican family values also include the promotion of traditional marriage and opposition to adultery. However, many Republican leaders, including McCain, Gingrich, Thompson, Giuliani, and others have had more than one marriage. So, what values are they modeling?
Republican family values also include opposition to abortion. They view the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. However, they do not view the life of those that they consider their enemies the same way; rather the life of their enemies are expendable. They are comfortable annihilating Iraqis, Palestinians, Pakistanis, and others without remorse. The Republicans and evangelicals do not place the same value on all life.
Their family values do not include the entire human race; it only includes a segment of the human race. This segment was evident at their convention, which did not reflect America’s diversity.
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