Senators Slam Republican Party for Bible Pamphlet

[jamotto]

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic U.S. senators from the electoral battleground states of West Virginia and Arkansas slammed the Republican National Committee (news - web sites) on Thursday for a pamphlet that suggested liberals would ban the Bible.

"Two weeks ago, the Republican National Committee sent a mass mailing to West Virginians suggesting that liberals -- in other words, everyone but Republicans -- are out to ban the Bible," Sen. Robert Byrd (news, bio, voting record), a West Virginia Democrat, said on the Senate floor.

"What a ridiculous claim! It is a flat-out, no-doubt-about-it, silly, sophomoric charge," Byrd said. "The Republican National Committee is spreading this tripe to smear Democrats, and the president ought to demand that the Republican National Committee apologize to the people of West Virginia."

Sen. Blanche Lincoln (news, bio, voting record), a Democrat from Arkansas, said the same mailing was sent to Arkansans.

"I hope that there will be an apology for their claims that Democrats want to ban the Bible and the inference that Democrats for some reason cannot have a faith as close or as deeply held as the other party," Lincoln said on the Senate floor. "I find that to be the pit, the absolute bottom of what is wrong in the political process."

A spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee confirmed the mailing was sent to Arkansas and West Virginia, stressing it addressed the issue of "activist judges."

"When the Massachusetts Supreme Court sanctioned same sex marriage and people in other states realized they could be compelled to recognize those laws, same sex marriage became an issue. Activist judges also want to remove the words 'under God' from the pledge of allegiance," spokeswoman Christine Iverson said in an e-mail.

The e-mail noted the mailing did not mention the word "Democrats."

Without providing details about the pamphlet, the e-mail did not dispute press reports indicating the pamphlet included a graphic showing a Bible with the word "banned" across it, and a graphic of a man placing a ring on the hand of another man with the word "allowed" across it.

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[Wolferz]

Must have been those Republican Hog heads that dreamed that one up LOL

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I find the above mailing to be utterly ridiculous.

In my personal life lately, I have been dealing with some people who's strong religious beliefs, I have had to try to stomach and even worse try to respect. In order to deal with their judemental insults, I decided to try and understand them. I have learned that they truly believe anyone who steps out of the guidelines they feel are set by the bible are wrong, inferior,ignorant,and of course caring a one way ticket to blazes. They actually also think you want to hear what they have to say.

Kerry's opinions on same sex marriage, a woman's right to chose, divorce, and stem cell research, would stir these people up as much as their son living with a divorced woman, unmarried. Hmm makes me wonder if they are republican!