Mary Ziegler: The 19th century sexual purity law that some want to revive

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8. We should cheer as the Republican Party gets farther and farther out on that branch of extremism.

In their own states, I might add, which will eventually lead to former supporters sawing off the branch behind them as they crawl out into Never-Never-Land.The pool of genuine supporters shrinks as they continue to compete to demonstrate that they are the most extreme people in the party, outrunning all but their most insane followers. These antics will also weaken the party in other states when people start to realize how fanatical and out of touch with reality they really are and start to fear what their own Republican representatives might do.