This article on CNN.com today discusses the Democrat’s push to lure religious voters away from the religious right. In June, Jim Wallis from Sojourners hosted an event on CNN discussing faith and politics with the Democratic Party’s presidential candidates.
I support Sojourners and I am glad to see politicians who lean to the left showing that they too believe in God. Having said that, I am not sure if a new religious partisanship is a good thing. I don’t care who you are or what party you represent, somehow hiring people to specifically curry the votes of religious people leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
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August 3, 2007 at 8:20 pm
I hope that Hilary, Barack and company are speeking with as much sincerity as they are rhetoric. If nothing else, we’re seeing a balancing of the field. To express convictions that originate w/ religious experiences/beliefs isn’t a bad thing; sticking a God sticker on a preconceived notion probably is though…and what would happen if a majority the democratic candidates professed to be God fearing Muslims or Hindus?… Actually, nevermind, I suppose that would never happen in a Christian(esque?) nation.