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Originally Posted by Calgaryborn
Race isn't an issue with the religious conservatives.
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Race isn't an issue with
some religious conservatives and most are smart enough that if it
is an issue they will claim that it isn't and that some other issue, be it aborion or gay marriage or gun control is their 'hot button'.
Do not forget that the KKK is a religious organization, the burning cross symbolises the light of Jesus spreading out over the world. Also, let us not forget the fine folks of the Westboro Baptist Church - undeniably religious conservatives, who protest military funerals because of America's 'tolerance' of homosexuality.
Yes, the abortion debate is probably the number one issue for most Social/ Religious conservatives, and they tend to vote republican en masse. But John McCain - though he favours the reversal of Roe v. Wade - doesnt' favour it on 'right-to-life' grounds, but rather because he feels it is an overstepping of federal and judicial authority. If individual states want to allow abortions, he has no particular problem with that, so he can't count on their support this cycle.