The Republican Party cannot afford to have a Presidential candidate who condones intolerance, bigotry and the denial of liberty to the citizens of this country. If we nominate such a candidate, we will never capture the White House in 2012.
If candidates who sign this pledge somehow think they are scoring some points with some core constituency of the Republican Party, they are doing so at the peril of writing off the vast majority of Americans who want no part of this ‘pledge’ and its offensive language.
He's the only candidate who has come out against this mess.
P.S. They have dropped the slavery piece in the Vow
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That's great, but we really ought to stop using the word "tolerance" and start using acceptance. It is not enough anymore to simply tolerate something.
Tolerate: Allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference.
It still means that the idea or concept is wrong, but is left alone. We really need to accept everyone's belief's as equally valid to everyone else's. Only then will we truly achieve equity and equality.
Nice sentiment, Gary, regardless.
Tolerate means "to put up with".
I don't want people putting up with me, i want, as Stan said, acceptance.
That said, it's nice to see this GOP'er stand up against this kind of bigotry.
Rick is going to take the lead when he throws his hat in the race. He will be the only one that looks like he has some sense. OBAMA2012!!
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