The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using
their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government
leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with
these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they
threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. I'm frankly sick and
tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen
that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in A, B, C, and D. Just
who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the
right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a
legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks
it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the
Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way
if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name
of conservatism. ~Barry Goldwater
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