According to the Dallas Morning News the work of the platform committee of the Texas GOP is well underway.
The usual suspects
prayer in school, getting out of the United Nations, teaching intelligent design....in science classes, repealing of the minimum wage, declaring illegal immigrants criminals and outlawing abortion with no exceptions.
"Hallelujah!" said a delegate who had urged strong anti-abortion language.
The platform calls homosexuality contrary to "the unchanging truths" ordained by God. It opposes gay marriage, civil unions and the custody of children by gays.
Gore Vidal, 82, has had a long career as a writer and gadfly. One of his outstanding political moments was at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago where he had an exchange with William F. Buckley, Jr. calling him a crypto-Nazi (thanks to watercarrier4diogenes for guidance in embedding the video):
There is an article in the TimesOnline today in which he is interviewed about the current primary season and opines about the three remaining players.
I was extremely moved by Senator Obama's speech last week. I read the transcript and watched the full video. It was masterfully written and delivered with a sincerity and honesty I've seldom seen in the political (or any other) arena.
Today I was again moved by the personal reflectons of America Jones' diary Blue Eyed Devil: A Daughter’s Thoughts on Race. It is a courageous piece offered in the same spirit as Obama's landmark speech last week.
In the diary she mentions the phenomenon of White Privilege and that was something that really hit home for me, especially since it's something many white folks deny is real. A little background first:
