Posted on 08/18/2019 11:53:20 AM PDT by madprof98
"Because my party's been so allergic to religious language, we've forgotten that people need to be made aware of their choice," Buttigieg told CNN.
"I've got to speak up, if only to point out the hypocrisies of those now in power," he added. "Time will tell whether that's smart politically or not."
Thus far, it seems to be working. Progressives, particularly LGBT Christians, have cheerfully circulated his critiques of the religious right and lauded the gay Christian's candidacy as a watershed moment for a community long shunted to the margins of church life.
The son of a former Jesuit, he credits Catholicism with awakening his moral conscience, but the baptized Catholic says he did not consider participating in the church as an adult because he is gay. He can be reticent about the details of his faith but has made morality a centerpiece of his campaign for president.
The teenager experienced a moral awakening in government class, Buttigieg writes, while watching a film about St. Oscar Romero, an archbishop from El Salvador who was assassinated by right-wing militants while celebrating Mass. The school's monument to aborted fetuses provided another reminder of the intersection of religion and politics, he writes.
Patrick McCurry, who taught Buttigieg in a class on morality, remembers him as a brilliant and grounded young man with a keen interest in philosophy and theology.
In June 2018, Buttigieg and his husband Chasten Glezman were married in St. James. The readings included including a passage from the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex marriage and an excerpt from Jesus' Sermon on the Mount.
In the excerpt, Jesus urges his followers not to "hide their lamps beneath a bushel," but to be the salt of the earth and light of the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Obvious to us. But there is a lot of ignorance and misdirection these days when it comes to the Christian faith.
CNN is desperate to cut into the Christian vote.
hmmm.
Maybe?
Race-baiters lecture us on diversity
If Boot-ej-ej had found God, he’d have turned from his wicked ways.
Thanks. BUMP!
Are the Sacred Bleeding Heart of Bobby Kennedy throw rugs still available?
ATT/CNN attempting to normalize sodomy within Christianity.
GTH, ATT
And you silent, dedicated subscribers aren’t helping.
WOW talk about misusing the Word of God
Brilliant, man!
Imagine an intrepid reporter asking Pete Buttgulag what 1Cor3:16-18 to him?
Liars lecture us about truth and facts.
Excellent
[Obvious to us. But there is a lot of ignorance and misdirection these days when it comes to the Christian faith.]
Yes, the planet is headed into darkness. I’m stunned (beeber) that it is happening so rapidly. But I shouldn’t be.....birth pangs.
I’ll split it with ya....
Race-baiters lecture us on racism
Tribalists lecture us on diversity
[WOW talk about misusing the Word of God]
Just like Barack Hussein Obama. False Prophet Manchurian Candidate.
Democrat Rock Star.
Blog-burners lecture us on free speech.
He’s only running for President because he’s done such a crappy job in South Bend and knows he’ll be unemployed shortly after the next election.
Buttgig’s daddy was a professor at Notre Dame... Buttgig’s daddy was an import from Malta... born there in 1947...Buttgig is mayor of South Bend, home of Notre Dame.. One of those ‘catholic’ honored institutions... Wonder why the Supreme Court Justice slipped into Malta after he ‘screw’ ‘We the people’? One cannot serve two masters.
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