Jesse Jackson: No GOP Monopoly on God, Chcg Sun Times

[Kittycat]

Great article for GOP Christians. It's about time someone criticized the Fuhrer for his anti-christian message!
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Did God vote Republican? You'd think so if you listen to some of the evangelical supporters of George Bush.

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But Republicans have no monopoly on religion or on faith. And Republican policies often seem divorced from the teachings of the Bible. The Bible tells us we will be measured by how we treat the least of these. But under this president, poverty -- including childhood poverty -- is up. Poor children grow with inadequate nutrition, no health insurance, no preschool. Bush's policies of top-end tax cuts and cuts in support for the poor only make things worse.

Jesus was born in a manger, not in a mansion. He had a manger-up view of the world, not a mansion-down view. Jesus taught that a rich man was as likely to get into the kingdom as a camel through the eye of a needle. This was not exactly a widespread sentiment at the Republican convention.

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Finally, Jesus was a man of peace. He came as the Messiah when people were expecting and praying for a mighty warrior who would deliver them from their oppressors. Instead, God brought them a baby in the manger. Jesus taught the power of love, hope and charity -- not of weapons. He delivered them by sacrificing himself that they may be free. His teachings are far removed from George Bush's "war of choice" in Iraq, the euphemism used to describe an aggressive war on a country that posed no threat to us.

The pope has harshly criticized a war that the U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has called illegal.


http://www.suntimes.com/output/jesse/cst-edt-jesse09.html

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[democrat in Tallahassee]

2. you can't define morals on the basis of sexual trangressions alone

get over the sex thing; morals are more than abortion, sex, and gays, and guns

[Tomee450]

3. It's not all about sex.

It is also immoral to starve the poor, to execute innocent people, to poison the environment. Jesse Jackson has been fighting for the disadvantaged all of his life. I'll take his morals over that of many public figures.

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Bye-bye, freeper!!

:nuke:

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Preach it, Rev!

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[Mountainman]

6. One thing about fundie Christians is that after their issue is won they

don't care about the results of it nor do they take responsibility for it.

Consider the three "moral" issues.

After abortion is made illegal again, the fundies don't care that babies are born into families that can't support them. Nor do they care that many woman will go to back alley abortion providers.

After gays are back in the closet, Fundies don't care that gays could be denied jobs or housing or many of the other fundamental rights we take for granted.


After stem cell research is finally outlawed, the fundies don't care that a whole new field of possible medical cures won't happen.

A thing we should point out to America is that the fundies are not moral if the results of their actions are against the real teachings of Christ.