God’s Own Party?
Howard Fineman continues to bring old school flare to his reporting. His latest on the Huffington Post notes changes in the Republican party that move it toward a religious affiliation. This article alongside that about Santorum on Religion Dispatches provides an interesting portrait of what the Grand Old Party has become.
Rise Of Faith Within GOP Has Created America’s First Religious Party
Howard Fineman | March 3, 2012 | The Huffington PostWhatever happens on Super Tuesday, the Republican primary season already has made history. The contest has confirmed the establishment of America’s first overtly religious major political party.
The signs are numerous, but it’s still easy to miss the big picture: that the GOP now is best understood as the American Faith Party (AFP) and its members as conservative Judeo-Christian-Mormon Republicans.