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LeftishBrit

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5. Paul is in fact fanatically anti-abortion

Reply to City Lights (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 30, 2011, 03:00 PM

Dec 2011

It doesn't surprise me that the more fanatical right-wing evangelicals would support him.

However, even speaking as an atheist, it's sad that current religious extremists seem to think that Jesus' main concerns were abortion and homosexuality, and seem to totally ignore what the Gospels said about wealth and poverty.

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TPM: Ron Paul Doesn’t Appeal To Evangelicals? Polls Say Otherwise [View all] City Lights Dec 2011 OP

Ron Paul named his son Frances Dec 2011 #1

It doesn't make any sense at all. City Lights Dec 2011 #2

Paul is in fact fanatically anti-abortion LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #5

His views may be just as bad as the others', City Lights Dec 2011 #6

I grew up around evangelicals. morningglory Dec 2011 #3

There's a natural affinity there among people who glorify a golden past that never was Bucky Dec 2011 #4