what do republicans and christians have against women

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Adrian: From the outside looking in, the Republican Party walks, talks and looks like the Neo-Conservative Republican party. In fact, I'd go as far to call them fundamentalist neo conservatives. Initially, the Neo Conservatives were opposed to women's rights, but changed their tune in later years to win votes. When you look at the wives of openly Neo Conservative politicians, you see a snapshot of 1950's americana parading itself around as an example of goodness and purity.

You could argue that not all republicans are neo-conservatives, but considering this is an atheists forum, you can see how that argument doesn't carry much weight. If it walks like a Neo Conservative, talks like a Neo Conservative and acts like a Neo Conservative... it's a Neo Conservative. And if you support it, you condone it.

That said, I agree with you. There are some good republicans, and it's a shame they have to be tarred with the same brush, but in reality it's impractical to say there are some good republicans and some bad republicans because the threat posed by bad republicans outweighs the promise posed by good republicans. So all republicans are bad. That's a productive rule of thumb at the moment.

I'm sorry if that upsets you. Perhaps you can take a more active role to try and shape your party's image.