It's almost here. Election day. The moment of truth...errr..scratch that.
For those freethinkers out there, the Secular Coalition of America has a secular scorecard for congress, similar to the scorecards issued by religious organizations. You can find it
here.
You know, it seems that Secular America often aligns with Progressive America. This is not to say that they are unified or one in the same. Far from it, despite what that bastion of intellectual credibility,
Bill O'Reilly, may think. I saw Bill Clinton campaigning for
Ford in Tennessee this weekend on C-Span, and I think he did use a term that would serve to identify the umbrella which so often encompasses Secularists and Progressives. The term was, the "Stop and Think Crowd". That's a good description.
Look, there are secular progressives, but there are also progressives who are Christian. The Progressives have more than their share of "New Age" quackery as well. That's why someone like
Dawkins gets so much heat for taking a solid stand. He's going to catch it from Traditionalists as well as Progressives. To be a good skeptic, the motto must be to follow the truth, as revealed through scientific inquiry, wherever it may lead. Sometimes that puts us at odds with most of the people around us. Still, behind such a doctrine is rational, not ideological thought. And it seems more often than not that the democrats are less ideological and therefore more often aligned with the secular elements in society.
That, I believe, is the main reason behind any correllation with secularists and democrats. Except for the whacky atheists who are libertarians. They should really try to think a little harder.
Til Next Time...
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