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Now North Carolina’s GOP is pretty retrograde, but our neighbor to the south has always been the winner when it comes to serious bible-beating politics. The Palmetto state — home of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham, I might add — has a GOP that makes it clear that if you want to sign up, you better put your John Hancock on this mind-blowing pledge.
You must favor, and live up to, abstinence before marriage.
You must be faithful to your spouse. Your spouse cannot be a person of the same gender, and you are not allowed to favor any government action that would allow for civil unions of people of the same sex.
You cannot now, from the moment you sign this pledge, look at pornography.
Apparently the county party leadership has gotten a sense that these sort of matters have been placed on the personal back burner by their peers. Laurens County Republican Party chair Bobby Smith wants to “bring purity back” — literally.
People feel the platform has not been adhered to. We want candidates to believe in and uphold the party’s platform.
Given that there are probably legal issues with that batsh*t pledge, and the fact so many ultra-conservatives are caught in airport restrooms and park rest stops doing things that fall under the category of GOP Sexual Hypocrites, Smith has decided signing the pledge cannot be a mandatory step to running for office (TPM):
Though at first the resolution would have required candidates to sign the pledge, Smith clarified in a statement Monday that “due to various legal issues” the LCGOP cannot require that the candidates sign the pledge if they meet all of the other qualifications for a run. But, he said, the committee “reserves the right to vet its candidates and will encourage all candidates to uphold the principles of the party’s platform as well as petition candidates to sign a pledge to do so. However, no candidate will be denied access to the Republican Party primary ballot for refusing to sign the pledge.”
Of course, I would love to see what the Laurens County Republican Party would like to see as proof of not using porn or knocking boots before marrying. Perhaps they will do a search of the plentiful t*tty bars/truck stops/rest stops along the interstate for its pols. Bonus for them – given that same-sex marriage doesn’t exist in SC, I don’t really see any (sane) pol married to a same-sex partner moving into that county to run for office.
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* The sexual hangups of religious and social conservatives are a danger to American society
Anti-gay former Florida State Rep. Bob Allen (R – whoops, no surprise), came up with the most creative excuses possible for his same-sex seeking encounter with a cop at the Space View Park restroom in Titusville.
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…if they truly want “to bring purity” back to the SC GOP party, why limit this pledge and these values to just potential candidates?
Shouldn’t a signed copy of this pledge be required to accompany all financial and material donations and contributions as well…?
It’d be hypocritical and unethical for these sanitized candidates to accept “dirty” money, goods, and services or support from “dirty” volunteers and voters.
(* and wasn’t “purity” Hitler’s schtick? Just sayin’…)
when a Republican mentions faithfulness they are only thinking about sexual intercourse, never about being honest, obedient, loyal reliable and sincere to their spouses.
Also, too. Senator Linseed Graham Cracker is as gay as the actor who played Gomer Pyle. Not that there’s anything wron with that, except the hypocrisy.
It is a wonder that Lindsey hasn’t been “caught” with a boyfriend. McConnell has.
Isn’t Lindsay worried about being stoned to death in the heart of the Bible belt and Dixie for his “choices?”
Further, why would they want votes from anyone who had premarital sex or used porn?
Think of the jobs it will create for the Sex Police, trained in window peeking and restroom lurking. s/
“The Scarlet Letter” for all who do not sign the pledge. Wow!
This is great!
So the question is, how does this square with their purported desire to keep the government out of their personal lives? The hypocrisy of the Republican Party is a sight to behold.
Some people are worried about a theocratic state becoming a nuclear power. More people should worry about a nuclear power becoming a theocratic state.
Very well put.
the republican party, in south carolina and elsewhere is self-destructing over its intemperance and prudishness regarding one of the most fundamental of adult biological imperatives – sex.
were these folks this stupid in high school?
or have they “grown” since then?
cromwellian puritans?
or american taliban?
Well this really sucks for Rick Santorum…. whose wifey lived with an abortion doctor for six or seven years prior to getting ‘reborn’ or whatever.
The cognitive dissonance……it just gives me a headache.
You win the intertoobz with that observation.
Shhhh, don’t tell them.
LOL, really!!!
Pam, I don’t know why you’re surprised. It’s just a true believer in charge, relying on the Bible/his pastor for guidance. No thought involved, just obedience & surrender to God’s will (as instructed).
Republican’s very existence is based on lying. So this is how they get the best liars. Have them lie and then put a signature on it. Good thinking liars.
And Laurens County Republican Party chair Bobby Smith will personally conduct a Virginity Test on all young, single, never-married female applicants, video of which will be available so Republican voters will be certain that she wasn’t fudging a little bit when she signed Smith’s pledge. (Hey, Rush Limbaugh set the Republican “standard” last week with his misogynist rant about sluts and prostitutes and contraceptives, and his wanting proof, I mean, videos of their sexual activity on the pill so he could get his money’s worth, or whatever the hell Rush was ranting about).
Is it still okay for Republicans to patronize The Redneck Shop?
Instead of circumcision the repubs need to try neutering. Then all of their worries will be over.
The American Taliban is spot on. Like Puritans, these folks seek to impose “their” version of morality on others, via pledge?
The hypocrisy is vile……..
Just a friendly note: Please do not malign the wonderful creatures called “bats”. Especially their shit, one of the most beneficial natural materials on the planet. I tried to think of another animal to fit the bill, but cannot come up with one as lowlife as this GOP.
What exactly would constitute “porn?”
Joyce’s Ulysses?
Oscar Wilde’s Salome?
Robbins’ Another Roadside Attraction?
Just asking, because all of these have been banned somewhere in ‘merika