The Right Mindset

From an article about sex and politics, this quote is a great example of the backwards way in which Republicans think.

"In a free nation we must have moral restraint," says Chris Long, executive director of the Christian Coalition in Ohio. "One of our founding fathers, John Adams, put it this way: 'Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.'

First of all, I love it when somebody quotes one founding father and expects that back up their argument. Nothing like ignoring all of those other founding fathers who would disagree with them. But I guess this flimsy line of reasoning is to be expected from a blatant hypocrite.

"In a free nation we must have moral restraint." Think about that line for a second. The words "free" and "restraint" are opposites; one cannot coexist with the other. One cannot be free and restrained at the same time, it's simply not possible.

Yet in the world of your typical Republican, this line makes perfect sense.

That's the mindset we're combating. Scary, isn't it?