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The Pro-Obama, Anti-Gay, Black Electorate
By
Brad Hirschfield
Proposition 8, the California initiative defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman was voted into law by a 52% majority and black voters favored that outcome by a margin of 70%. In fact, Evangelical Christians were the only numerically significant demographic to favor Prop 8 by a larger margin – 80%.…
Paul Broun, Barack Obama and the Republican Future
By
Brad Hirschfield
Yesterday’s obscene comments about President-Elect Obama by Georgia Republican Paul Broun were only less disturbing than his attempted apology for them. The Congressman stated that he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship. “It may sound a bit crazy and off base, but the thing…
Barack Obama is Not the Messiah
By
Brad Hirschfield
The religious left may be losing its mind. Perhaps it’s just a momentary lapse of judgment in light of the Obama victory. After all, there is much to celebrate about this election. Not least of which is that it indicates Americans’ willingness to take a chance based on hope, rather than stay the course because…
Obama Wins, Jews Got Over Obamaphobia
By
Brad Hirschfield
Jewish voters went with their consciences and not with their fears in selecting Barack Obama as the next President of the United States. Exit polling indicates that about 77% of the Jewish vote went to Obama, which is a wonderful thing. It’s wonderful, not because we know for certain that Obama will be a better…
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