[conservatism_IS_compassion]

They cannot call Republicans “theocrats” for trying to save Terri Schiavo while they also claim John the Baptist endorsed their welfare state when he said, “He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none …” (Luke 3:11).

There is no record of John the Baptist having enforced his recommendation by telling a soldier to take the second coat from the person with two, and give it to the one with none.

That process, which is what the Democrats promote, actually precludes private charity. First by giving the glory not to God but to the government for clothing the poor. And second by assuring that the non-poor will not trouble to earn the money for a second coat since they know that the government would just take it away anyhow.

[dson7_ck1249]

good point. yet another example (I think the article's author would agree) of misquoted Scripture or Scripture's true message distorted to conform to a certain political ideology.