Feeling The Wrath of The FRC: Republicans Rue The Day

Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts)

Newly-elected Senator Scott Brown may be the only man in Congress ever to have posed nude for a centerfold in Cosmopolitan's centerfold as Sexiest Man of the Year (he was 20 years-old). The Christian Right will certainly not get beyond that peccadillo. His Republican career as senator has yet to be established, but he describes himself as a social moderate and a fiscal conservative. From now on, his every move and vote will probably be pilloried by the CR.

Mark Kirk (R-Illinois)

Mark Kirk can, on the surface, be looked upon as an ideal Republican: he seems to have completely confused his past military and professional careers: "I simply misremembered it wrong" became his political mantra. According to vote-smart.org, however, his "interest group ratings" are enough to have him drawn and quartered by the Grand High Exalted Mystic Ruler himself, Tony Perkins: Kirk's votes have backed Planned Parenthood 100%.

Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)

Senator Lisa Murkowski had one of the most turbulent political careers in history. And not being endorsed by Sarah Palin was a high point with Alaskan voters. One of the few politicians in history to ever be re-elected as a write-in candidate, you'd think that the Christian Right would cling to her like glue. They haven't and they won't: she was oone of the few Republicans to vote for the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act. It will just be a matter of time before Cindy Jacobs prays for Lisa Murkowski's untimely political demise.

George Voinovich (R-Ohio)

Voinovich's senatorial career has been marked by two anti-Christian Right events: he vehemently opposed the apppointment of John Bolton as ambassador to the U.N. and he, like Lisa Murkowski, voted for the Hate Crimes Prevention Act. Enough said.

So there you have the Christian Right's Republican Senatorial hit list.

Let the vicious demonizing begin.

*It's notable that, according to wikipedia.com, the term "gay agenda" was " first used in public discourse in 1992 when the Family Research Council released a video series called  The Gay Agenda as part of a pack of materials campaigning on homosexual issues and the 'hidden gay agenda'. So, in a sense, Tony Perkins is the actual source of "the gay agenda." Hmmmm.