Mark Kleiman on The Reality-Based Community blog pointed out an interesting fact.
The nomination of Paul Ryan marks a milestone in American history: for the first time, there is no white Protestant running for President or Vice President on a major-party ticket.
Better yet, no one seems to mind. Perhaps the arc of history does bend in the right direction after all.
And, as somebody pointed out in the discussion thread, this is the first time since before World War Two that none of the major-party candidates for President or Vice President has done any military service.
Tags: Paul Ryan, White Protestants
August 14, 2012 at 10:15 am |
Its funny that when Kennedy was elected it was a big deal that he was catholic. This kind of goes with my argument that there is no absolute morality for a lot of things especially when it comes to social issues.
Causing harm to another person is always pretty much always wrong, but a person’s beliefs or sexual orientation is up for discussion as I believe time has proven.
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