Would they still be Republican-leaning or might the Democratic nominee reach out to them in 1980?
Would Ford crack down on the tax exemptions, and if so, how would the Evangelical react to the presence or absence of such a crackdown under a Republican President?"What galvanized the Christian community was not abortion, school prayer, or the ERA. I am living witness to that because I was trying to get those people interested in those issues and I utterly failed. What changed their minds was Jimmy Carter’s intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation."--Paul Weyrich https://books.google.com/books?id=Tzi7bIDP3aMC&pg=PA173
Surprises me."What galvanized the Christian community was not abortion, school prayer, or the ERA. I am living witness to that because I was trying to get those people interested in those issues and I utterly failed. What changed their minds was Jimmy Carter’s intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation."--Paul Weyrich https://books.google.com/books?id=Tzi7bIDP3aMC&pg=PA173
He would, and to a bigger degree than Carter. Ford doesn't have being an evangelical to make him more sympathetic.Would Ford crack down on the tax exemptions, and if so, how would the Evangelical react to the presence or absence of such a crackdown under a Republican President?
I understand Bob Jones, Jr. really let his freak flag fly.I’m (sadly) a Bob Jones University graduate...
I understand Bob Jones, Jr. really let his freak flag fly.
I mean, we all have negative thoughts from time to time. But he expressed his in very public ways.
Surprised he didn’t get more yin-yang going, the sinful nature of each of us, salvation through faith in Jesus, that kind of thing.. . but III is just pure crotchety old man. Every message he preached from the pulpit was just him complaining.
Surprised he didn’t get more yin-yang going, the sinful nature of each of us, salvation through faith in Jesus, that kind of thing.
I was a very sincere Christian for about two of my formative teenage years. These days, I’m comfortably agnostic thank you very much, but still familiar with the language.
Actually it may have been Bob III. The incident I’m thinking of is when he referred to First Lady Betty Ford as a slut.
I never heard about it till years later. Apparently, it was during some speech at the school. And—Holy Shit! Well, okay Bob, tell us how you really feel.
Would they still be Republican-leaning or might the Democratic nominee reach out to them in 1980?
Who the heck is Ian Paisley? ! ?Well, Junior was just as bad...just more eloquent about it. I do think he was the one who made the slut comment as well as calling the Pope antichrist many times. And don’t even get me started on their love affair with Ian Paisley and how many times he was on campus to speak. . .
One of those interesting branching offs is that without Carter, there is a very good chance you don't get Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court in the 1990's
Who the heck is Ian Paisley? ! ?
I'm assuming British. And from the context, I'm assuming probably not the most optimistic nor the most inclusive chap.
How so? The 80s would belong to the Dems and I reckon the early 90s could still include a two term presidency by them