SPIRITUAL WARFARE - More evidence of troop maneuvers!

From James Taranto's 6/16 Best of the Web (email edition) of the WSJ's Opinion Journal comes this ...

Who's Imposing What on Whom?

A new Washington Post-ABC News poll shows that "Evangelical Protestant Republicans are far more likely than other groups to want courts to stay out of controversial social questions," the Post reports:

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Asked whether they trusted their state legislatures or state courts more to address the question of same-sex marriage, 69 percent of self-identified evangelical Protestant Republicans chose lawmakers. Nineteen percent backed the courts, and 11 percent said neither.

In contrast, a slim plurality of 45 percent [of all those polled] nationwide preferred that legislatures deal with same-sex marriage, 40 percent favored the courts, and 11 percent said neither.

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Likewise on abortion, 66% of EPRs favored legislatures and 26% favored courts, while the entire sample split 44% to 44%. At one level these results seem obvious, given that the courts have been so hostile to the positions prevalent among EPRs.

Still, it's worth noting that evangelical Protestant Republicans have more trust in the democratic process than do Americans in general, and presumably far more than secular liberal Democrats. It is the SLDs, then, who are guilty of the charge they make against the EPRs--namely, trying to impose their views on others. [CRIB italics for emphasis]

Sure can't disagree with that! Too bad we can't get along while we disagree! Last night on The Factor, Bill O'Reilly ask "Awnald" if he thought "politics are getting uglier?" Certainly are; and the people, not the parties, are the only losers!