Bible barons: How the GOP uses religion to keep voters captive to corporate ideology

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/bible_barons_how_the_gop_uses_religion_to_keep_voters_captive_to_corporate_ideology_partner/

Last week, a bill to make way for the

 display of Ten Commandments in public buildings, such as courthouses and schools, passed out of an Alabama Senate committee, sending it to the full Senate for a vote as early as next week.

If you want to know why nine out of the 10 poorest states are located in the hyper-religious South, look no further than this calculated right-wing political play, which is designed for one purpose: to ensure Southern and Sunbelt voters continue to vote against their own self-economic interests.

If passed by the state Senate and signed by the governor, the state would put a constitutional amendment on the next ballot to let Alabama voters decide the issue. The theocratic authors and the Republican Party sponsors of this bill are fully cognizant of the fact that the bill is unconstitutional, and thus it will, inevitably, be struck down by the courts.

The Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear: “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion.” It is the very basis of the separation of church and state.

knowing this is a loser they march on because in losing they think they gain ammunition to say they are persecuted and their religious freedoms compromised, in sighting the faithful flock and emboldening their agenda.

i've said religion for republicans is just an extension of their thumb on the neck of those G W Bush spoke of, "you can fool some of the people all of the time and those are the ones you want to concentrate on".

For state Sen. Trip Pittman (R-AL), the constitution is a secondary concern. “We talk about the constitutionality of them, but we have to understand the purpose of these is the laws of God,” he said. “And we think they may have passed irrelevance because of the constitutional question, but beyond that, which is the most important, it’s also about behavior and conduct through the ages.”

State Rep. DuWayne Bridges (R-AL) declared, “School shootings, patricide and matricide are due to the Ten Commandments not being displayed in schools and other government buildings.” Bridges also said, “The Tenth Amendment [sic] was adopted before the people of Israel crossed the Red Sea because Moses didn’t get to cross the Red Sea.”

While both Pittman and Bridges may sound like idiots, they’re actually shrewd political strategists, for the promise of tax cuts for the rich is hardly an effective platform for rallying the Republican Party base in a midterm election year. The promise of the Ten Commandments, however, is how you get a person without healthcare to vote for the party whose platform is based on repealing the Affordable Care Act.

i really feel i would do disservice to the real deal coming from the republicans mouths they make the counterpoint better than i,  read it with an open mind than look between the lines and it's all about control by the word brings to mind that great movie ELMER GANTRY.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Gantry_(film)

how many of those law makers can say they honor even 3 of the Commandments?

take a look at who is in the picture and ask yourself do they?