Let's Go Down & Take a Look at The GOP Platform
Jul 14, 2016 05:58:32 #
Porn is a "public health crisis": The delegates agreed, with little debate, to language calling internet pornography a "public health crisis." "The internet must not become a safe haven for predators," states the new language. "Pornography, with its harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the life of millions. We encourage states to continue to fight this public menace and pledge our commitment to children's safety and well-being. We applaud the social networking sites that bar sex offenders from participation. We urge energetic prosecution of child pornography which closely linked to human trafficking."
Gay conversion therapy: Several states have banned gay conversion therapy for minors, but the GOP is not ready to accept the consensus among psychologists that this p***********e does nothing more than harm the children it purports to cure. "We support the right of parents to determine the proper treatment or therapy, for their minor children," states language drafted by Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council and a delegate from Louisiana. According to Time, the language was originally a more strident defense of conversion therapy, which RNC officials worked with Perkins to moderate.
Teach the Bible as literature: The committee labored for a long time on Monday over whether to encourage public schools to teach the Bible as a literature elective. Ultimately, they decided that yes, public schools should do that. And on the subject of education, the committee decided to take a stand against early childhood education because, as one delegate put it, it "inserts the state in the family relationship in the very early stages of a child's life."
Build the wall: At first, the platform draft called for a "physical barrier" between the United States and Mexico. But in a nod to the party's presumptive nominee, on Tuesday the committee decided to go along with the wall proposal. "The border wall must cover the entirety of the southern border and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic," the language, crafted by anti-immigration activist and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, states.
All coal is clean coal: Coal produces far more carbon pollution than any other source of electricity in the United States. But according to the GOP platform, all coal is now "an abundant, clean, affordable, reliable domestic energy resource." This is essentially a carbon copy of talking points pushed by lobbyists for the coal industry. On its website, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity calls coal "an affordable, abundant and increasingly clean domestic energy resource that is vital to providing reliable low-cost electricity."
Yeeesh!
Gay conversion therapy: Several states have banned gay conversion therapy for minors, but the GOP is not ready to accept the consensus among psychologists that this p***********e does nothing more than harm the children it purports to cure. "We support the right of parents to determine the proper treatment or therapy, for their minor children," states language drafted by Tony Perkins, the head of the Family Research Council and a delegate from Louisiana. According to Time, the language was originally a more strident defense of conversion therapy, which RNC officials worked with Perkins to moderate.
Teach the Bible as literature: The committee labored for a long time on Monday over whether to encourage public schools to teach the Bible as a literature elective. Ultimately, they decided that yes, public schools should do that. And on the subject of education, the committee decided to take a stand against early childhood education because, as one delegate put it, it "inserts the state in the family relationship in the very early stages of a child's life."
Build the wall: At first, the platform draft called for a "physical barrier" between the United States and Mexico. But in a nod to the party's presumptive nominee, on Tuesday the committee decided to go along with the wall proposal. "The border wall must cover the entirety of the southern border and must be sufficient to stop both vehicular and pedestrian traffic," the language, crafted by anti-immigration activist and Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, states.
All coal is clean coal: Coal produces far more carbon pollution than any other source of electricity in the United States. But according to the GOP platform, all coal is now "an abundant, clean, affordable, reliable domestic energy resource." This is essentially a carbon copy of talking points pushed by lobbyists for the coal industry. On its website, the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity calls coal "an affordable, abundant and increasingly clean domestic energy resource that is vital to providing reliable low-cost electricity."
Yeeesh!
Jul 14, 2016 06:14:39 #
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Jul 14, 2016 06:31:05 #
Bobbee wrote:
I don't see the point of this post.
About the same as most of the political posts on this forum. Just trying to illicit the same old stupid responses! I'm happy this morning, I'll throw a little stick of wood on the fire.
Jul 14, 2016 07:04:03 #
nakkh wrote:
b Porn is a "public health crisis": /b... (show quote)
Platforms are a waste of time. A week after the convention no one remembers it,it is meaningless
Jul 14, 2016 07:05:32 #
DaveO wrote:
About the same as most of the political posts on this forum. Just trying to illicit the same old stupid responses! I'm happy this morning, I'll throw a little stick of wood on the fire.
The rant is typical of those on the Left Coast. Just ignore and he'll rant louder.
Jul 14, 2016 07:06:16 #
I guess if you say it enough, it becomes fact. It worked for Goebbels ("If you tell a lie big enough, and keep repeating it, people will believe it") and it sure works for FOX TV. To hell with science. And reality. "You have your facts, and I have mine" is the right-wing mantra.
Jul 14, 2016 07:10:03 #
ABOUT PORN: I DO wish something would be done about internet porn. You literally cannot Google anything without getting porn among your results. I Googled a destination I was heading to - it turned out it was also the name of a porn star! It wasn't street scenes that I was looking at! I Really liked the proposal to force all porn to have specific URLs like .XXX. Browsers could be set to exclude all sites with porn - unless you were specifically looking for it. Parents could put parental controls which would actually exclude porn but not exclude information on breast cancer, for example.
Jul 14, 2016 07:11:20 #
ejrmaine wrote:
The rant is typical of those on the Left Coast. Just ignore and he'll rant louder.
All in fun! Anyone who gets too wrapped up and upset needs a check-up.
Jul 14, 2016 07:13:35 #
sb wrote:
ABOUT PORN: I DO wish something would be done abou... (show quote)
Easy now! Don't let common sense interfere,you're most likely treading on someones rights....Jul 14, 2016 07:23:53 #
sb wrote:
I guess if you say it enough, it becomes fact. It worked for Goebbels ("If you tell a lie big enough, and keep repeating it, people will believe it") and it sure works for FOX TV. To hell with science. And reality. "You have your facts, and I have mine" is the right-wing mantra.
So you are comparing the Republicans to N**is? That is pretty stupid. It is also a lie.
Jul 14, 2016 07:44:11 #
If the Bible is literature, shouldn't we also teach the Koran? Or for that matter, any one of thousands of pieces of, "literature" extolling the power and awesomeness of the invisible man in the sky?
SB, I wouldn't compare the GOP to the N**i Party. The Taliban is much closer to the t***h.
SB, I wouldn't compare the GOP to the N**i Party. The Taliban is much closer to the t***h.
Jul 14, 2016 07:49:12 #
Frank T wrote:
If the Bible is literature, shouldn't we also teach the Koran? Or for that matter, any one of thousands of pieces of, "literature" extolling the power and awesomeness of the invisible man in the sky?
SB, I wouldn't compare the GOP to the N**i Party. The Taliban is much closer to the t***h.
SB, I wouldn't compare the GOP to the N**i Party. The Taliban is much closer to the t***h.
One problem with that. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values, laws and tenets. There were no muslims around. Don't bother to reply, anything you say is stupid.
Jul 14, 2016 07:58:13 #
SBW wrote:
One problem with that. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values, laws and tenets. There were no muslims around. Don't bother to reply, anything you say is stupid.
No SB, this country was not founded on judeo-christian values. You really need to read history books once and a while.
Jul 14, 2016 08:00:42 #
NO SB,
The one problem with your statement is that this Country was not founded on judeo-christian values.
Don't believe me?
Read this: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/living/america-christian-nation/
The one problem with your statement is that this Country was not founded on judeo-christian values.
Don't believe me?
Read this: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/02/living/america-christian-nation/
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