Kakki: Which groups do you have in mind?
If you mean Roman Catholics, they are explicitly contravening certain official teachings of their church in voting Democratic, at least in many instances. I imagine that the same could be said, to a lesser extent, of Orthodox Jews. They're going against the grain. That's not my definition of a "fundamentalist." I believe that when most people speak of "fundamentalist Christians," they do indeed mean evangelical Protestants. If you'd like to broaden the definition of "fundamentalist" to include members of any religion who hew to either a literal interpretation of a text or certain very basic (or "fundamental") teachings, fine. My guess, however, is that that's not what most people think of when they use that term in the United States. Mary P. ----- Original Message ----- From: "kakki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Gerald Notaro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 11:41 PM Subject: Re: Re: Alliterative Joni, Also , Tax Free (WARNING: Political Content!!! NJC) > Mary wrote: > > > I would NOT guess that 11% of those who voted Democratic are religious > fundamentalists. > > I guess it depends on one's definition of religious fundamentalist. I > broaden the definition to include any orthodox or fundamentalist religious > sect, not just particular protestant evangelicals. Think about some of the > major voting blocs of the Democratic party and think about what religions > they are > > Kakki.
