Bryan Fischer to Tea Party: Embrace theocracy to claim the mantle of the framers.
Tea Party Supporters Debate Movement’s Direction
INSKEEP: Let me ask you both: How intense has the struggle or the debate been over what the Tea Party should stand for?
Mr. FISCHER: You know, for myself, I don’t think it’s been than intense because I think a lot of people in the Tea Party movement do not realize that the leadership of the Tea Party movement is at a fundamentally different place than they are when it comes to social issues. And that’s why I think the Tea Party movement is no longer they’re not going to be able to claim the mantle of the founding fathers unless they affirm that morality and religion are indispensible supports of political prosperity.
Ms. WALKER: Steve, I’m going to disagree there, because we don’t demand that upon NRA. We do not demand that upon other civic groups or other issue-based groups. You know, I’m Catholic, I’m a Christian, I believe in the sanctity of life, but I don’t bring that into the Tea Party because that’s not what we’re about. You know, we do say a prayer before our meetings. We do honor the flag. But I don’t think that bringing these social issues in is a must to be viable.
Mr. FISCHER: Well, again, I would say, Steve, I don’t expect the Tea Party movement to make social issues front and center in their agenda. I understand that. But I think if the Tea Party movement ever sends a signal that the gay agenda is OK with them, that same-sex marriage is OK with them, that abortion is OK with them, the energy’s going to bleed out of the movement because that’s not where the rank-and-file are that make up the Tea Party movement at the grassroots level.
Poor Ms. Walker. She sounds like such a nice, well-meaning, and non-crazy woman.