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• Sunday, August 17, 2008 08:33 AM

  There's no such thing as a republican christian

  In order to be a christian in the eyes of republicans you have to hate gays, stick your nose into other people's bedrooms, and...well...not much else.

  I don't think Jesus had a whole lot to say about either one of those things but he sure had a lot to say about poverty and helping the poor. How exactly did a religion that was basically set up to root for the underdogs and teach respect for others become the weapon of rich elitists to get power by using hate? That has to be the biggest inverse of a philosophy since...well...since the Roman church turned all those pagan holidays into christian ones.

  Since the article is about him, I'm not a huge fan of Warren either. I still beleive he is a hack for the republican party who is just trying to deflect some of the rightful criticism the evangelical movement has gained the past few years. If he smiles enough and talks about the environment (depending on who he backs this year should show you how much of a priority that actually is to him) and poverty you might be willing to overlook the fact that he still thinks gays should be treated as second class citizens and giving tax breaks to the rich (of which he is one) will benefit the economy.

  The past decade I have lost my faith, literally, because of the corrupt marraige of church and state that this country has had to endure for the past eight years but even before then I saw that the religoius right were taking over and the definition of freedom itself was in great jeporady. This has to end. We cannot allow the litmus test for office be what magic sky daddy someone hopes is up there.

  —fightthetheocracy! Read fightthetheocracy!'s other letters
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