If people - powered, neighbor - to - neighbor campaigns are
the future of political persuasion, as President Barack Obama's former campaign manager Jim Messina suggests it is, then the practice is in need of a serious upgrade.
On the contrary, the scientific evidence supports such ethical positions I may take, on questions
of human equality, race, human sexuality, religious freedom, non-religious freedom, ideas on the need to conserve the environment for
future generations etc etc Even on questions
of nuclear power and genetic engineering, which those
of similar
political persuasion to my own sometimes have difficulty with, I'd say yes, lets be guided by science and science alone.