Today Senato Ruben Diaz announced his support for Rob Astorino. Even though Diaz is a Democrat he refused to support Andrew Cuomo and chose Astorino instead. When asked why he did this Diaz said it was because he only supports the best. But what I am thinking is that he chose to side with Astorino because he is strongly opposes the abortion rights that Cuomo is vowing to pass. What do you guys think?
http://buffalo.twcnews.com/content/news/775951/rob-astorino-gets-endorsement-from-democratic-state-senator/
From the article, we can see that Diaz is a religious man. Although he is a democrat and supports the struggles of middle class families, his religious views are contradicting his political ones. If abortion is going to be proposed in the state senate, he would rather have a republican majority in the senate in order for it to be turned down.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Atinderpal because Diaz comes off as a devout believer of God and the type of person to view issues such as abortion from a religious point of view. This is probably the main reason that Diaz is supporting Astorino because Democrats and Republicans usually do not see eye to eye on many things and since this is an issues that both Diaz and Astorino are serious about, Diaz supported Astorino.
ReplyDeleteThis is just another example of how religion mixes with the government. Although the first amendment restricts the government from establishing a religion, our religious opinions continues to be the main reason why so many human rights laws are not passed.
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