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Originally posted by imsohappythatiama
No, that's the Conservative Christians, or the Religious Right, which (unfortunately, from my opinion) are groups that many people lump in with mainstream Republicans. As a party, however, Republicans don't espouse those doctrines per se.
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But as of late the Republican party has aligned themselves with the Religious Right. This is especially true of the Bush organization. Of course they don't speak for all Republicans, but the association of religious and governmental comingling would certainly be associated with them.
Traditionally neither party aligns itself with the idea of religious intervention in the government and vice versa -- but the Republican and Democratic parties today have broken far away from the traditional lines of national rights versus states rights. (I.e., the Bush administration isn't what you would call "financially conservative.")