GOP War on Sex Continues (Wisconsin Style)

As Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker prepares for the recall effort against him, he has decided to ramp up his war on women and gays. Among other things, the Governor who took collective bargaining rights away from public service workers has recently done the following:

• Placed a ban on abortion coverage by private health insurers taking part in the Affordable Care  act.
• Signing a bill requiring women seeking abortions to undergo a one-on-one exame with a doctor to determine if anyone is forcing them into the decision
• Signed a bill requiring sex education classes to focus on abstinence and allows teachers to ignore contraception
• Pushing to take hospital visitation rights away from same-sex couples
• And signed a bill repealing Wisconsin's Equal Pay law.

Walker has become a polarizing national figure for his war against workers and unions, but now he has become another beacon for the evangelical right. The question is why? Walker, in fact, believes he is doing God's work -- a God who apparently hates sex, gays, women and, of course, unions and the common man. Many conservatives obviously engage in this ideological war for purely political purposes, but too many believe that sex is evil except when between a husband and wife, in the missionary position, trying to conceive. One wonders if a party can continue to be viable when it seems intent on undermining the basic rights, sexual proclivities and quality of life of so many Americans ...