While watching “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I” with my family via digital download, I was struck by the similarity between Lord Voldemort’s Death Eaters, their obsession with doctrinal purity (Death to Mudbloods), and Bob Vander Plaats and his Family Leader organization’s strong-arming GOP candidates to sign a 14-point “candidate vow” swearing allegiance to the organization’s dogmatic views on same-sex marriage and other issues.
Any responsible candidate would politely decline to sign such a document, refuse to aggrandize someone else’s agenda, but instead briefly, clearly and honestly state their views on the topics at hand.
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