Tony Campolo: Duplicity on the Right

From a post by Tony Campolo on the God's Politics blog on beliefnet:

Do those on the Religious Right understand their duplicity? For years they have argued against situational ethics. They have stood for absolutes and contended that those absolutes should never be compromised. With conviction they have declared, loud and clear, that the end never justifies the means. Now, with the war on terrorism on our hands, they support torture when interrogating suspects. A prominent scholar recently polled a dozen top leaders of America's Religious Right, who were unanimously in favor of using torture "given the situation at hand." When it suits them, it turns out, the end does indeed justify the means. If they have changed their minds and are ready to refute the golden rule, then it is time for them to say plainly, "For the most part we agree with Jesus, but there are special circumstances when we must ignore His teachings."