Frank Rich’s latest column,
Mary Cheney’s Bundle of Joy, makes an excellent point, although he’s a bit too genteel to come out and say it:
Such religious leaders [ones who are supporting environmental protection and AIDS research] may not have given up their opposition to abortion or gay marriage, but they have more pressing priorities. They seem to have figured out, as Mr. Kuo has said, that “politicians use Christian voters for their money and for their votes” and give them little in return except a reputation for bigotry and heartless opposition to the lifesaving potential of stem-cell research.
In starker terms: if politicians are prostituting themselves to religious types for money and votes, then the religious folks who are giving them the money are the johns.