Tuesday, September 23, 2008
And One More Thing
As inspired by this article in today's News & Observer:
Why is it that the same people who throw a temper tantrum any time you bring up the idea of the ordination of women will rally in full support behind a woman as vice president (and potentially president)? Are they that anti-Democrat?
Of course, the common retort is, "Well we just don't think women should have any power over men in a religious sense, not a political sense."
The only problem, though, is that the same that make this claim don't usually view religion and politics as separate. They think that the president and people in office should be Christians and running the country in a way that promotes Christian values. So, basically... politics and religion should go hand-in-hand except when there's a woman running, because that would be hypocritical.
Come on. If you're going to be sexist, at least be consistent.
Why is it that the same people who throw a temper tantrum any time you bring up the idea of the ordination of women will rally in full support behind a woman as vice president (and potentially president)? Are they that anti-Democrat?
Of course, the common retort is, "Well we just don't think women should have any power over men in a religious sense, not a political sense."
The only problem, though, is that the same that make this claim don't usually view religion and politics as separate. They think that the president and people in office should be Christians and running the country in a way that promotes Christian values. So, basically... politics and religion should go hand-in-hand except when there's a woman running, because that would be hypocritical.
Come on. If you're going to be sexist, at least be consistent.
# posted by Andrew Johnson : 9/23/2008 02:46:00 PM 
