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To: RetiredNow who wrote (213218)	12/12/2004 6:07:32 PM
From: neolib	Respond to of 1577191

Perhaps I was unclear. I pointed out that there are other reps (even gay ones which seems odd given the anti-gay stance of the party in general). What I was trying to say is that evangelical christians (religious literalists) are overwhelmingly Rep, and I believe, form the largest and strongest block of Rep support. Something on the order of 30-40M Americans. It is claimed that this last election was won by some 4M more conservative religious votes IIRC coming out for Bush. And GWB and KR understand this quite well, and very much appreciate the support. So I would expect to see anti-science issues advanced in the next 4 years, as this particular base desires that. Thats unfortunate, but reality I'm afraid. Regarding gays in news/movies, etc. I think they are over represented, but so are other minorities such as Jewish or Black. In movies so also are such things are violence, sex, drugs, etc. In 20 years in the professional world I have never seen a fist fight among my colleagues. But movies show such occurrences routinely. Movies and news are about things the average joe does not experience. Most portrayels of gays in movies are more for entertainment than empathy. The same can be said about Jewish and Black roles to some degree. It is also possible that gays, jews, and blacks are over represented in entertainment because they are successful in artistic areas. I don't know. I'm interested in how you see your views on gays as being something other than biblical literalism. I view Rep's stance on gays as mostly another example of scientific denial.