Sen Danforth: "Some Ask - Is America A Christian Nation - I SAY NO"

[kpete]

In Faith and Politics, to be released Tuesday, Danforth blasts the alignment of the Republican Party with the Christian right, lays out his most aggressive pro-gay stance to date and attacks the handling of the Terri Schiavo case.

Some people have asked me whether America is a Christian country. The answer must be no, for to call this a Christian country is to say that non-Christians are of some lesser order, not full fledged citizens of one nation." Danforth is himself an ordained Episcopal minister.

Danforth calls the Terri Schiavo case -- where Congress intervened to attempt to keep a severely brain-damaged woman from being taken off life support -- "Big Brotherism."

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"I believe that homosexuality is a matter of sexual orientation rather than preference," he writes. "Discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is, in my view, comparable to discrimination on other civil rights grounds. It is wrong, and it should be prohibited by law."

much more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Bushs_second_choice_for_Vice_President_0915.html

[davidinalameda]

1. the man is wonderful

I read an article in the latest Newsweek

I am definitely going to check his book out

he even showed some remorse for the whole Anita Hill debacle

[patcox2]

2. Epsicopal Priests are great.

nt

[Flubadubya]

3. What gives with this guy?

He sure doesn't sound Republican to me... sounds more like a good liberal. What's more surprising is that he was at one time considered as a running mate for the Dumbya. I bet he refused the offer. Hahaha!!

[Freedom_from_Chains]

4. To claim that America is a Christian nation

Is to claim that the Constitution is irrelevant.

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. And to claim ignorance of our history.

[doubleplusgood]

5. isn't he the guy

...that prayed with Clarence Thomas before & during Thomas' senate confirmation hearings in the early 90's? That set the stage for Bush II & the rise of the Christian supremacists. WTF did he think was going to happen?

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. I'll witness that.