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...Lott was referring to, Thurmond had broken with the Democratic Party over President Truman's expansion of civil rights for black Americans. Thurmond ran for President as the nominee of the States' Rights Party, also known as the Dixiecrats. Its platform was built almost entirely around a pledge to uphold "the segregation of the races and the integrity of each race." Thurmond won 39 electoral votes on his vow that "all the laws of Washington and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, our schools, our churches...
...Could you imagine a church that barred liars from membership, or that allowed a person who believed that lying was not wrong (or who lied constantly) to become a minister? It is not the case that church leaders must be free from sin, but rather that they should uphold the teachings of Scripture and should be in a position to help others live moral lives. Yet all people are welcomed into the church; we would not place any barriers between people and God, no matter how much they may struggle with...
However, leadership of any organization is meant to uphold the stated principles of that organization, and imposing a doctrine such as “anyone can be on leadership, provided they win a certain percentage of club votes” on every club would have discriminatory consequences of its own. In particular, it would hurt groups that cater to a very small minority. If a large group of Christians didn’t like the existence of a Baha’i student group, which they greatly outnumbered, they could join the group and vote Baha’i believers...
...He’s not exactly trying to uphold the purposes of student clubs, and it seems like he might be pushing his own agenda a little bit, so I wouldn’t feel comfortable voting for him as president,” Bushak says...
...judicial panel must uphold these important provisions and help end the pork-barrel handouts that Washington doles out to wealthy contributors. It would be a travesty if the judges overturned such a necessary and popular step toward a cleaner and more democratic federal government...