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Edited on Sun Apr-25-04 09:06 AM by Skinner
I would assume that this was posted here before. But I think that it is very important to review again. Soon after this was published, Howard Dean made the unfortunate statement that his favorite book in the Bible was Job - in the New Testament. Are we Democrats going forfeit religious belief to the Republican Fundalmentalists?
Putting God Back in Politics by Jim Wallis
As the Democratic candidates for president attend religious services for the holidays, their celebrations may be tempered by an uncomfortable fact: churchgoing Americans tend to vote Republican.
An overwhelming majority of Americans consider themselves to be religious. Yet according to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, people who attend church more than once a week vote Republican by 63 percent to 37 percent; people who seldom or never attend vote Democratic by 62 percent to 38 percent.
This disparity should concern Democrats - if not as a matter of faith then as a matter of politics. More important, it should concern anyone who cares about the role of religion in public life. By failing to engage Republicans in this debate, the Democrats impoverish us all.
President Bush and the Republicans clearly have an advantage with people of faith as an election year approaches. Republicans are more comfortable talking about religious values and issues, and they are quick to promise that their faith will affect their policies (even if, like their Democratic counterparts, they don't always follow through on their campaign promises).
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