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07 Nov 2005 03:28:58 AM |
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Church State politics in Texas |
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/110605dntexperry.c3d380c.html
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To Perry flock, Prop 2 is key
Aides optimistic that gay marriage ban will draw evangelical voters
11:12 PM CST on Saturday, November 5, 2005
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – A key campaign goal of Gov. Rick Perry – boosting the number of
conservative evangelical voters – gets a test run this week with the
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
Perry aides view the issue as an ideal way to build the political base and
refine tactics they hope will benefit them next year, such as targeted
e-mails and appeals from the pulpit for "values voters" to get involved in
politics.
"This is going to help us a lot because these voters who turn out to vote
for Proposition 2 are people we're going to be able to communicate with and
try to get them to vote in the primary," said Perry political adviser David
Carney.
Proposition 2 would place a ban on same-sex marriage in the Texas
Constitution and prohibit the state or local governments from creating or
recognizing "any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
DallasNews.com/extra
We recommend: The Editorial Board's recommendations on all proposed state
constitutional amendments and Dallas city propositions
Election Day is Nov. 8.
Backers say it's necessary to prevent judges from requiring the state to
recognize gay unions, while opponents say it's so broadly worded it will
invalidate even legal arrangements gay couples make short of marriage.
Mr. Perry, already popular with social conservatives, has been a vocal
supporter of the amendment since it was created, and it has been key in his
aggressive efforts to add even more religious conservatives to his flock.
He appears in a video endorsing the ban on the Texas Alliance for Marriage
Web site, which is funded by a major Perry political donor, Houston
homebuilder Bob Perry (no relation).
He even ceremonially signed the amendment at a church school in Fort Worth
– even though constitutionally, the governor has no role in the process.
Texas Restoration
Since the spring, a network of conservative ministers called the Texas
Restoration Project has held a series of "pastor policy briefings" across
Texas featuring Mr. Perry and members of his administration. The governor
has spoken at all six project meetings statewide.
The project aims to enlist 1,000 "patriot pastors" and register 300,000 new
voters, and leaders say they're closing in on both targets.
The effort mirrors a strategy that helped President Bush win re-election
last year: Identify and register new voters likely to be friendly to the
GOP cause, and then rely on churches and religious leaders to get them to
the polls.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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| Title: Re: Church State politics in Texas |
07 Nov 2005 08:57:43 AM |
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In <oh7um19aqnqv7norm6bahgk7gf4k2tmirf@4ax.com>, buckeye=ELO@nospam.net
wrote:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/110605dntexperry.c3d380c.html
[excerpt]
To Perry flock, Prop 2 is key
Aides optimistic that gay marriage ban will draw evangelical voters
11:12 PM CST on Saturday, November 5, 2005
By WAYNE SLATER / The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – A key campaign goal of Gov. Rick Perry – boosting the number of
conservative evangelical voters – gets a test run this week with the
constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.
Ah, I see Perry has found something he believes will distract from the
fiasco of an evacuation that killed more people than Rita itself probably
did, to cover the abysmal lack of preparedness of the state, the cluster
fucking incompetence of his butt buddy's administration, and that little
report that came out recently in which we learned that of all 50 states,
people are most likely to go hungry in Texas.
Interesting that last part. The "evangelicals" say they follow this guy
"Jesus" but in the teachings and commandments of that guy and the apostles
he allegedly charged with his authority, there's not a word about voting
or politics or amendments or referendums or such.
There *is, however, something about feeding the hungry.
Huh.
So that's what "faith based initiatives" means. You give the money to
self-righteous, self-serving... I mean, caring and giving church groups
then if the evidence shows the problem is getting worse, you have *faith
the problem is solved...
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Mark K. Bilbo
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