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People like Dr. Babalola speak with such breathtaking ignorance. They are much too deep in their delusioned certitude to recognize the extent of their foolishness.

Does someone like Dr. Babalola recognize that one of the most staunch acolyte of Republican conservatism, Vice President Dick Cheney, has a prominently lesbian woman for a daughter? That this Dick Cheney's daughter is MARRIED to another woman?

The astonishing part is how the Republicans are so successful in conning the otherwise well-schooled (not necessarily educated) types like Dr. Babalola into thinking that those spearheading the Republican Party actually believe in these nonsense as much as they preach. Isnt it cynical that Dick Cheney's daughter waited until after the 2004 election before getting married to her lesbian lover? And do the latter-day conservatives in Nigeria know that Dick Cheney, as well as other fire-breathing conservatives,were prominently present and supportive at the wedding?

Sad but true - the religious types, the one-issue voters, are the most easily persuaded on issues that are actually against their own self-interest.

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