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July 14, 2006
Strickland's "Hypocritical" Religious Stance in Terms of the Ohio Republican Party
The following comes from the latest Ohio Republican Party e-mail (I have my sources)against Strickland's "religious" stance.
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So where does Strickland really stand on religious issues? This is what you probably won't hear on Christian radio anytime soon:
AGAINST a constitutional amendment protecting traditional marriage.
AGAINST a measure that permitted the public display of the Ten Commandments on government property. (Vote 221 6/17/99)
AGAINST a constitutional amendment to guarantee every citizen's right to pray and express their religious beliefs on public property, including schools. (Vote 201 6/4/98)
AGAINST allowing faith-based organizations to compete for federal housing grants. (Vote 109 4/6/00)
AGAINST allowing government-funded religious organizations to consider religion as a factor in hiring. (Vote 175 5/8/03)
AGAINST an amendment prohibiting the extension of government benefits to unmarried domestic partners. (Vote 352 9/25/01)
AGAINST amendments to require more funding for abstinence education programs. (Vote 157 5/1/03, Vote 379 10/11/01)
AGAINST a law creating criminal penalties for harming an unborn baby during the commission of a crime (now known as Lacy's Law). (Vote 465 9/30/99, Vote 89 4/26/01, Vote 31 2/26/04)
FOR taxpayer-funded abortions and the taxpayer-funded development of an abortion pill. (Vote 136, 5/10/06-Vote 216, 5/25/05-Vote 362, 7/15/03-Vote 115, 5/16/01-Vote 292, 7/16/98-Vote 373, 7/10/2000-Vote 173, 6/8/1999-Vote 260, 6/24/1998)
FOR continued funding of the following National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants: "Mood Arousal and Sexual Risk Taking," "Study on Sexual Habits of Older Men," "Study on San Francisco's Asian Prostitutes/Masseuses," and "Study on American Indian Transgender Research." (Vote 352, 7/10/03)
FOR gay civil unions
Let's keep Ted Strickland accountable and expose his deceptive rhetoric and record.
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I could have a lot of comments on that passage, but I will keep it brief. It seems that many of the concerns over Strickland's records are based on his beliefs FOR separation of Church & State, AGAINST restrictive & discriminatory policies regarding same-sex relationships (or even nontraditional relationships), and FOR more comprehensive sex education (or at least health research).
If nothing else, I find it interesting that the Ohio Republican Party pointed out that Strickland voted Against an amendment to the NIH's appropriations bill bannning funding to the NIH for 5 specific programs (the one not mentioned above was about a study on development in Pandas in China -- how controversial). To see the complete voting tallys on the amendment click here. For the Record, the amendment failed 210 to 212. Alas, Panda (and sexual arousal in older men)research went on to see another day.
Feel Free to Discuss.
Posted by ear14 at July 14, 2006 01:43 AM
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