re: #359 Sharmuta

The creationist movement is just one of many issues on which the GOP has been negligent of having a vigorous, in-house debate.

There is an old struggle, at the heart of “conservatism”, that revolves around ideological purity vs. diversity. Normally it is couched like this: conservatives must be consistent; “ideological purity” as a term is not often used, but the upshot is the same - how to gather into one political body (GOP) people of differing beliefs.

How this all will play out over the next few election cycles I don’t know.